Decision Workspace
bare-metal-kernels vs mlx-native vs rmlx
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
bare-metal-kernels
experimentalv0.7.1
Metal GPU kernels for LLM inference on Apple Silicon — 85+ optimized compute shaders
49
mlx-native
experimentalv0.9.0
Pure-Rust Metal GPU compute library for MLX-compatible inference on Apple Silicon
42
rmlx
experimentalv0.1.0
High-performance ML inference framework for Apple Silicon (Metal GPU)
Core Metrics
| bare-metal-kernels | mlx-native | rmlx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 49 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 52 | 1.4K | 25 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.0K | 0 |
| Dependents | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 28 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 50d ago | 9d ago | 70d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
bare-metal-kernels
Maintenance
11
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
mlx-native
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
rmlx
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| bare-metal-kernels | mlx-native | rmlx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.1 | 0.9.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 46KB | 3.7MB | 7KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.81.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mlx-native leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.