Decision Workspace
bcm2709-spi vs rustpi_io vs rpi-pal
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
bcm2709-spi
growingv0.1.1
Bare-metal (through mmap(...)) access of BCM2709 SPI peripheral in Rust for Linux host
34
rustpi_io
growingv0.1.0
RustpiIO is a library to read and write to the SPI bus and the GPIO pins of a Raspberry Pi.
60
rpi-pal
experimentalv0.22.3
Interface for the Raspberry Pi's GPIO, I2C, PWM, SPI and UART peripherals.
Core Metrics
| bcm2709-spi | rustpi_io | rpi-pal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 34 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 3.8K | 2.9K | 1.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 19 | 110 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 3159d ago | 2980d ago | 11d ago |
| Age | 8y 8m | 8y 2m | 8m |
Health Breakdown
bcm2709-spi
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
rustpi_io
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
11
rpi-pal
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| bcm2709-spi | rustpi_io | rpi-pal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.1.0 | 0.22.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 20KB | 87KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.60 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rpi-pal leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bcm2709-spi has the most downloads (3.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ bcm2709-spi, rustpi_io have not been updated in over a year.