Decision Workspace
kawa-cli vs ruststream-rdkafka vs mqtt5
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
32
kawa-cli
growingv0.1.0
Command-line interface for Kawa message broker
48
ruststream-rdkafka
experimentalv0.5.1
Apache Kafka broker implementation for the RustStream messaging framework, backed by rdkafka / librdkafka.
63
mqtt5
experimentalv0.37.1
Complete MQTT v5.0 platform with high-performance async client and full-featured broker supporting TCP, TLS, WebSocket, authentication, bridging, and resource monitoring
Core Metrics
| kawa-cli | ruststream-rdkafka | mqtt5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 32 | 48 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 451 | 26 | 9.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 2.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 61 |
| Last Updated | 368d ago | 2d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 1y | 3d | 11m |
Health Breakdown
kawa-cli
Maintenance
2
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
ruststream-rdkafka
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
mqtt5
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| kawa-cli | ruststream-rdkafka | mqtt5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.5.1 | 0.37.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 21 | 18 | 56 |
| Crate Size | 23KB | 106KB | 408KB |
| Features | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mqtt5 leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ kawa-cli has not been updated in over a year.