Decision Workspace
redox vs mtorrent-core vs hightorrent
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
redox
growingv0.0.3
A library implementing the bittorrent protocol and a few key extensions.
54
mtorrent-core
experimentalv0.5.4
Fundamentals for building asynchronous BitTorrent clients
51
hightorrent
growingv0.4.1
High-level torrent library which supports Bittorrent v1, v2 and hybrid torrents
Core Metrics
| redox | mtorrent-core | hightorrent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 54 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 19.4K | 2.2K | 4.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 32 | 5 |
| Releases | 4 | 18 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 3867d ago | 37d ago | 46d ago |
| Age | 11y 1m | 10m | 3y 6m |
Health Breakdown
redox
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
mtorrent-core
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
hightorrent
Maintenance
14
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| redox | mtorrent-core | hightorrent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.3 | 0.5.4 | 0.4.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Dependencies | 4 | 23 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 38KB | 90KB | 540KB |
| Features | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.64 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mtorrent-core leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •redox has the most downloads (19.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ redox has not been updated in over a year.