Decision Workspace
canrust vs wgpu_canvas vs femtovg
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
canrust
growingv1.3.3
A Rust library for drawing shapes onto a canvas
66
wgpu_canvas
stablev5.0.6
A 2D WGPU renderer API for drawing text, shapes, and images with Rust.
64
femtovg
growingv0.22.0
Antialiased 2D vector drawing library
Core Metrics
| canrust | wgpu_canvas | femtovg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 66 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 11.3K | 13.7K | 1.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 12 | 424 | 92.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 51 | 140 |
| Releases | 8 | 27 | 62 |
| Last Updated | 1997d ago | 25d ago | 1d ago |
| Age | 5y 8m | 1y 1m | 5y 6m |
Health Breakdown
canrust
Maintenance
4
Quality
20
Community
2
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
wgpu_canvas
Maintenance
17
Quality
20
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
femtovg
Maintenance
20
Quality
12
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| canrust | wgpu_canvas | femtovg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.3 | 5.0.6 | 0.22.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 5 | 44 |
| Crate Size | 32KB | 31KB | 276KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.8% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •wgpu_canvas leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •femtovg has the most downloads (1.7M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •femtovg is depended on by 140 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ canrust has not been updated in over a year.
- •femtovg is pre-1.0 — API may change.