Decision Workspace
autofloat vs autodiff vs radient
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
autofloat
growingv1.0.4
Pure Rust library for efficient automatic differentiation
41
autodiff
growingv0.7.0
An automatic differentiation library
40
radient
growingv0.3.0
Radient is a Rust library designed for automatic differentiation. It leverages the power of computational graphs to perform forward and backward passes for gradient calculations.
Core Metrics
| autofloat | autodiff | radient | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 41 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 3.9K | 51.1K | 3.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 9 | 1.7K | 5 |
| Dependents | 0 | 93 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 21 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 218d ago | 1094d ago | 538d ago |
| Age | 1y 3m | 7y 4m | 2y 4m |
Health Breakdown
autofloat
Maintenance
9
Quality
20
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
autodiff
Maintenance
5
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
radient
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| autofloat | autodiff | radient | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.4 | 0.7.0 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 29KB | 22KB | 16KB |
| Features | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 9.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •autofloat leads with a health score of 46/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •autodiff has the most downloads (51.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ autodiff, radient have not been updated in over a year.
- •autodiff, radient are pre-1.0 — API may change.