Decision Workspace
quetzalcoatl vs market_square vs ring-channel
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
quetzalcoatl
experimentalv0.13.0
Lock-free ring buffers (SPSC, MPSC, SPMC, MPMC, and broadcast) for high-performance concurrent communication
49
market_square
growingv0.3.1
A lock-free mpmc "square"
45
ring-channel
growingv0.12.0
Bounded MPMC channel abstraction on top of a ring buffer
Core Metrics
| quetzalcoatl | market_square | ring-channel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 49 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 518 | 1.1K | 486.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 4.5K |
| Dependents | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| Releases | 16 | 11 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 29d ago | 141d ago | 1007d ago |
| Age | 5m | 1y 1m | 7y 3m |
Health Breakdown
quetzalcoatl
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
market_square
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
ring-channel
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| quetzalcoatl | market_square | ring-channel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.13.0 | 0.3.1 | 0.12.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 114KB | 55KB | 16KB |
| Features | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 18.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •quetzalcoatl leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ring-channel has the most downloads (486.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ ring-channel has not been updated in over a year.