Decision Workspace
avplayer vs screencapturekit vs avassetwriter
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
avplayer
experimentalv0.7.0
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's AVPlayer + AVAssetReader — playback and frame-by-frame asset reading on macOS
68
screencapturekit
stablev6.0.1
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's ScreenCaptureKit framework - screen and audio capture on macOS
54
avassetwriter
experimentalv0.11.0
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's AVAssetWriter, AVOutputSettingsAssistant, and AVAssetExportSession on macOS
Core Metrics
| avplayer | screencapturekit | avassetwriter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 68 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 191 | 574.6K | 242 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 105.4K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Releases | 14 | 41 | 18 |
| Last Updated | 5d ago | 5d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 9d | 2y 9m | 10d |
Health Breakdown
avplayer
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
screencapturekit
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
avassetwriter
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| avplayer | screencapturekit | avassetwriter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.0 | 6.0.1 | 0.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 11 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 158KB | 203KB | 99KB |
| Features | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.4% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •screencapturekit leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •avplayer, avassetwriter are pre-1.0 — API may change.