Decision Workspace
airspy vs soapysdr-sys vs rtl-sdr
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
airspy
growingv0.4.0
Rust bindings for libairspy
54
soapysdr-sys
growingv0.8.1
Bindings for the C API of SoapySDR, the vendor-neutral software defined radio hardware abstraction layer.
44
rtl-sdr
growingv0.1.5
Rust wrapper for librtlsdr.
Core Metrics
| airspy | soapysdr-sys | rtl-sdr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 54 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 11.4K | 76.0K | 11.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 33 | 3.4K | 15 |
| Dependents | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 3759d ago | 22d ago | 3538d ago |
| Age | 10y 7m | 9y | 9y 8m |
Health Breakdown
airspy
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
soapysdr-sys
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
rtl-sdr
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| airspy | soapysdr-sys | rtl-sdr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 0.8.1 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | BSL-1.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 17KB | 13KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •soapysdr-sys leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ airspy, rtl-sdr have not been updated in over a year.