Decision Workspace
shunt-gateway vs crabllm vs rolter
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
shunt-gateway
experimentalv0.13.0
Claude Code LLM gateway — an Anthropic Messages proxy that routes models to OpenAI/Codex and Anthropic-compatible backends
53
crabllm
experimentalv0.0.22
High-performance LLM API gateway — binary
52
rolter
experimentalv0.0.8
high-performance openai/anthropic-compatible llm gateway and load balancer — unified cli launcher for the gateway and control plane
Core Metrics
| shunt-gateway | crabllm | rolter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 53 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 192 | 220 | 335 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 13 | 13 | 7 |
| Last Updated | today | 12d ago | today |
| Age | 4d | 3m | 4d |
Health Breakdown
shunt-gateway
Maintenance
19
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
crabllm
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
rolter
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| shunt-gateway | crabllm | rolter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.13.0 | 0.0.22 | 0.0.8 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 36 | 14 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 271KB | 34KB | 35KB |
| Features | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •crabllm leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rolter has the most downloads (335), suggesting wider adoption.