Decision Workspace
cacao vs cocoanut vs appkit
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
cacao
growingv0.3.2
Rust bindings for AppKit (macOS/Airyx/GNUStep, beta) and UIKit (iOS/tvOS, alpha).
54
cocoanut
experimentalv0.2.3
A minimal, declarative macOS GUI framework for Rust
35
appkit
growingv0.1.0
Placeholder for AppKit bindings on macOS. Currently held on GitHub; they'll be uploaded here when deemed non-moving-target.
Core Metrics
| cacao | cocoanut | appkit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 54 | 35 |
| Total Downloads | 125.4K | 414 | 2.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 7.0K | 38 | 33 |
| Dependents | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 969d ago | 5d ago | 2219d ago |
| Age | 5y 12m | 5m | 6y |
Health Breakdown
cacao
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
cocoanut
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
appkit
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| cacao | cocoanut | appkit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.2 | 0.2.3 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR MPL-2.0+ | Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0+ |
| Dependencies | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 201KB | 54KB | 944B |
| Features | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cocoanut leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •cacao has the most downloads (125.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ cacao, appkit have not been updated in over a year.