Decision Workspace
appkit vs cocoanut vs alchemy-cocoa
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
appkit
growingv0.1.0
Placeholder for AppKit bindings on macOS. Currently held on GitHub; they'll be uploaded here when deemed non-moving-target.
54
cocoanut
experimentalv0.2.3
A minimal, declarative macOS GUI framework for Rust
34
alchemy-cocoa
growingv0.1.0
Cocoa bindings for Alchemy, a cross-platform GUI framework written in Rust.
Core Metrics
| appkit | cocoanut | alchemy-cocoa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 54 | 34 |
| Total Downloads | 2.5K | 414 | 2.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 33 | 38 | 17 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Releases | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 2219d ago | 5d ago | 2486d ago |
| Age | 6y | 5m | 6y 9m |
Health Breakdown
appkit
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
cocoanut
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
alchemy-cocoa
Maintenance
1
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| appkit | cocoanut | alchemy-cocoa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.3 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MPL-2.0+ | Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0+ |
| Dependencies | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 944B | 54KB | 7KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cocoanut leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •alchemy-cocoa has the most downloads (2.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ appkit, alchemy-cocoa have not been updated in over a year.