Decision Workspace
nostr-rocksdb vs fjall vs mmdb
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
nostr-rocksdb
growingv0.34.0
RocksDB Storage backend for Nostr apps
66
fjall
stablev3.1.6
Log-structured, embeddable key-value storage engine
63
mmdb
stablev4.2.4
The storage engine behind vsdb — a pure-Rust LSM-Tree key-value store
Core Metrics
| nostr-rocksdb | fjall | mmdb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 66 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 11.7K | 1.2M | 31.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 75.7K | 1.4K |
| Dependents | 10 | 1.2K | 39 |
| Releases | 9 | 96 | 46 |
| Last Updated | 697d ago | 8d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 2y 7m | 2y 6m | 2y 1m |
Health Breakdown
nostr-rocksdb
Maintenance
10
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
fjall
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
mmdb
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| nostr-rocksdb | fjall | mmdb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.34.0 | 3.1.6 | 4.2.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 12 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 15KB | 81KB | 286KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 11.1% | 51.0% | 87.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.70.0 | 1.90.0 | 1.89 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •fjall leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •fjall is depended on by 1.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ nostr-rocksdb has not been updated in over a year.
- •nostr-rocksdb is pre-1.0 — API may change.