Decision Workspace
apple-cf vs apple-metal vs dispatchr
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
63
apple-cf
experimentalv0.9.3
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's shared Core* frameworks (CoreFoundation, CoreMedia, CoreVideo, CoreGraphics, IOSurface, Dispatch).
62
apple-metal
experimentalv0.8.7
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's Metal framework — devices, resources, command encoding, advanced GPU objects, and IOSurface interop on macOS, backed by a Swift bridge
42
dispatchr
growingv1.0.0
Drew's Rust bindings for libdispatch, a.k.a. GCD
Core Metrics
| apple-cf | apple-metal | dispatchr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 63 | 62 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 1.8K | 1.1K | 1.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.8K | 1.1K | 0 |
| Dependents | 328 | 65 | 0 |
| Releases | 17 | 17 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 5d ago | 5d ago | 588d ago |
| Age | 10d | 10d | 1y 7m |
Health Breakdown
apple-cf
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
13
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
apple-metal
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
dispatchr
Maintenance
1
Quality
19
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| apple-cf | apple-metal | dispatchr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.3 | 0.8.7 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 195KB | 80KB | 60KB |
| Features | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.60.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •apple-cf leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •apple-cf is depended on by 328 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ dispatchr has not been updated in over a year.
- •apple-cf, apple-metal are pre-1.0 — API may change.