Decision Workspace
candle-mi vs trustformers-core vs unsloth-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
candle-mi
experimentalv0.1.6
Mechanistic interpretability for language models in Rust, built on candle
57
trustformers-core
experimentalv0.1.0
Core traits and utilities for TrustformeRS
54
unsloth-rs
experimentalv1.0.2
Rust implementations of transformer building blocks for LLM inference
Core Metrics
| candle-mi | trustformers-core | unsloth-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 57 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 167 | 661 | 375 |
| 30d Downloads | 143 | 176 | 85 |
| Dependents | 0 | 29 | 9 |
| Releases | 12 | 4 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 2d ago | 6d ago | 48d ago |
| Age | 1m | 4m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
candle-mi
Maintenance
16
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
trustformers-core
Maintenance
19
Quality
12
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
unsloth-rs
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| candle-mi | trustformers-core | unsloth-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.6 | 0.1.0 | 1.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 24 | 54 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 5.4MB | 1.0MB | 274KB |
| Features | 12 | 22 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.88 | — | 1.92 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •trustformers-core leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •candle-mi, trustformers-core are pre-1.0 — API may change.