Decision Workspace
aruminium vs oxicuda-metal vs apple-metal
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
aruminium
experimentalv0.2.0
pure Rust Apple Metal GPU driver
46
oxicuda-metal
experimentalv0.1.8
OxiCUDA Metal - GPU compute via Apple Metal API (macOS only)
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
Core Metrics
| aruminium | oxicuda-metal | apple-metal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 46 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 48 | 251 | 1.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 1.1K |
| Dependents | 1 | 13 | 65 |
| Releases | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 42d ago | 4d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1m | 10d |
Health Breakdown
aruminium
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
8
oxicuda-metal
Maintenance
14
Quality
8
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
apple-metal
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| aruminium | oxicuda-metal | apple-metal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.8 | 0.8.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | LicenseRef-Cyber | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 37KB | 42KB | 80KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 22.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.76 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •apple-metal leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.