Decision Workspace
appl vs box2d-rust vs sp2
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
appl
growingv0.2.2
Appl is a physics engine powered by the Rapier library. It is currently 2d only.
53
box2d-rust
experimentalv1.2.0
Pure Rust port of the Box2D v3 2D physics engine
47
sp2
growingv0.4.0
2D spatial transforms and movement representations using geometric algebra
Core Metrics
| appl | box2d-rust | sp2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 53 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 7.4K | 56 | 3.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 1753d ago | today | 115d ago |
| Age | 4y 9m | 10d | 3y 9m |
Health Breakdown
appl
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
box2d-rust
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
sp2
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| appl | box2d-rust | sp2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 1.2.0 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 317KB | 4KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.77 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •box2d-rust leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •appl has the most downloads (7.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ appl has not been updated in over a year.
- •appl, sp2 are pre-1.0 — API may change.