Decision Workspace
candle-mi vs trustformers-core vs kwaai-inference
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
candle-mi
experimentalv0.1.18
Mechanistic interpretability for language models in Rust, built on candle
62
trustformers-core
experimentalv0.2.0
Core traits and utilities for TrustformeRS
57
kwaai-inference
experimentalv0.5.1
Inference engine for KwaaiNet - Candle-based ML runtime
Core Metrics
| candle-mi | trustformers-core | kwaai-inference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 62 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 610 | 1.3K | 3.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 485 |
| Dependents | 0 | 72 | 219 |
| Releases | 24 | 9 | 144 |
| Last Updated | 11d ago | 5d ago | 1d ago |
| Age | 4m | 8m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
candle-mi
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
trustformers-core
Maintenance
20
Quality
12
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
kwaai-inference
Maintenance
20
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| candle-mi | trustformers-core | kwaai-inference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.18 | 0.2.0 | 0.5.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 23 | 59 | 20 |
| Crate Size | 620KB | 1.3MB | 55KB |
| Features | 15 | 22 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.88 | 1.89 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •trustformers-core leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •kwaai-inference has the most downloads (3.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •kwaai-inference is depended on by 219 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.