Decision Workspace
sasl vs rsasl vs rusmes-auth
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
sasl
growingv0.5.2
A crate for SASL authentication. Currently only does the client side.
69
rsasl
stablev2.3.1
The Rust SASL framework, aimed at both middleware-style protocol implementation and application code. Designed to make SASL authentication simple and safe while handing as much control to the user as possible.
54
rusmes-auth
experimentalv0.1.2
Pluggable authentication backends for RusMES — File, LDAP, SQL, OAuth2/OIDC, System, and SASL (PLAIN/LOGIN/CRAM-MD5/SCRAM-SHA-256/XOAUTH2) with brute-force protection
Core Metrics
| sasl | rsasl | rusmes-auth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 69 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 105.1K | 799.4K | 543 |
| 30d Downloads | 1.3K | 80.8K | 0 |
| Dependents | 52 | 113 | 19 |
| Releases | 11 | 41 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 721d ago | 81d ago | 65d ago |
| Age | 9y 4m | 6y 2m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
sasl
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
rsasl
Maintenance
15
Quality
18
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
rusmes-auth
Maintenance
15
Quality
11
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| sasl | rsasl | rusmes-auth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.2 | 2.3.1 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MPL-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 16 | 25 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 95KB | 92KB |
| Features | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 7.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.65.0 | 1.75 |
| Owners | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rsasl leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rsasl is depended on by 113 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ sasl has not been updated in over a year.
- •sasl, rusmes-auth are pre-1.0 — API may change.