Decision Workspace
beamer-au vs rack vs audio_plugin
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
beamer-au
experimentalv0.2.3
Audio Unit support for Beamer audio plugin framework (hybrid v2/v3 architecture)
46
rack
experimentalv0.4.8
A modern Rust library for hosting audio plugins
35
audio_plugin
growingv0.0.0
A high-level framework for designing platform-agnostic audio plugins (placeholder)
Core Metrics
| beamer-au | rack | audio_plugin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 46 | 35 |
| Total Downloads | 98 | 2.7K | 1.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 22 | 612 | 3 |
| Dependents | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 15 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 44d ago | 132d ago | 1772d ago |
| Age | 1m | 5m | 4y 10m |
Health Breakdown
beamer-au
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
rack
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
audio_plugin
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| beamer-au | rack | audio_plugin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.3 | 0.4.8 | 0.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0+ |
| Dependencies | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 80KB | 106KB | 1KB |
| Features | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •beamer-au leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rack has the most downloads (2.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ audio_plugin has not been updated in over a year.