Decision Workspace
buoyant vs embedded-ui vs slint
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
buoyant
growingv0.6.1
SwiftUI-like UIs in Rust for embedded devices
34
embedded-ui
growingv0.0.0
Simple UI framework created for embedded systems
76
slint
stablev1.15.1
GUI toolkit to efficiently develop fluid graphical user interfaces for embedded devices and desktop applications
Core Metrics
| buoyant | embedded-ui | slint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 34 | 76 |
| Total Downloads | 24.4K | 1.5K | 938.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 83 | 4 | 57.8K |
| Dependents | 2 | 0 | 324 |
| Releases | 38 | 1 | 46 |
| Last Updated | 69d ago | 663d ago | 43d ago |
| Age | 1y 9m | 1y 9m | 4y 1m |
Health Breakdown
buoyant
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
embedded-ui
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
7
slint
Maintenance
19
Quality
20
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| buoyant | embedded-ui | slint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.1 | 0.0.0 | 1.15.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Slint-Royalty-free-2.0 OR LicenseRef-Slint-Software-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| Crate Size | 4.5MB | 45KB | 97KB |
| Features | 5 | 3 | 39 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •slint leads with a health score of 76/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •slint is depended on by 324 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ embedded-ui has not been updated in over a year.
- •buoyant, embedded-ui are pre-1.0 — API may change.