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parrot-rng vs squirrel-rng vs axess-rng
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
parrot-rng
experimentalv0.8.1
A lightweight, strictly deterministic procedural generation library for Rust
51
squirrel-rng
growingv0.4.0
An impl of `rand::Rng` based on a talk by Squirrel Eiserloh re: Math for Game Programmers.
50
axess-rng
experimentalv0.2.0
Injectable cryptographically-secure RNG trait for deterministic simulation testing (DST). Production code depends on the `SecureRng` trait; tests inject `MockRng` (a seeded PRNG) for reproducible randomness in auth flows, token issuance, and key generation.
Core Metrics
| parrot-rng | squirrel-rng | axess-rng | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 51 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 432 | 13.8K | 109 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Releases | 19 | 9 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 69d ago | 122d ago | 42d ago |
| Age | 6m | 5y 5m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
parrot-rng
Maintenance
15
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
squirrel-rng
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
axess-rng
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| parrot-rng | squirrel-rng | axess-rng | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.1 | 0.4.0 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 OR GPL-3.0-only OR LGPL-3.0-only | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 38KB | 10KB | 12KB |
| Features | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •parrot-rng leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •squirrel-rng has the most downloads (13.8K), suggesting wider adoption.