Decision Workspace
box2d-rs vs box2d-rust vs boxdd-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
box2d-rs
growingv0.0.4
Port of Box2d to Rust
53
box2d-rust
experimentalv1.2.0
Pure Rust port of the Box2D v3 2D physics engine
60
boxdd-sys
experimentalv0.5.0
Low-level FFI bindings for Box2D built from upstream via submodule
Core Metrics
| box2d-rs | box2d-rust | boxdd-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 53 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 9.3K | 56 | 922 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Releases | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 1158d ago | today | 7d ago |
| Age | 5y 7m | 10d | 9m |
Health Breakdown
box2d-rs
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
box2d-rust
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
boxdd-sys
Maintenance
20
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| box2d-rs | box2d-rust | boxdd-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.4 | 1.2.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 18 | 0 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 151KB | 317KB | 259KB |
| Features | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.56.0 | 1.77 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •boxdd-sys leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •box2d-rs has the most downloads (9.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ box2d-rs has not been updated in over a year.
- •box2d-rs, boxdd-sys are pre-1.0 — API may change.