Decision Workspace
carbonhotkey vs kbd vs awase
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
carbonhotkey
experimentalv0.5.1
Safe Rust bindings for Carbon's RegisterEventHotKey — register global keyboard shortcuts on macOS
45
kbd
experimentalv0.2.0
Pure-logic hotkey engine — key types, modifier tracking, binding matching, layer stacks, sequence resolution. No platform dependencies.
43
awase
experimentalv0.1.0
Awase (合わせ) — global hotkey abstraction: key types, parser, and platform-agnostic manager trait
Core Metrics
| carbonhotkey | kbd | awase | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 45 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 105 | 530 | 31 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Releases | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 6d ago | 78d ago | 79d ago |
| Age | 10d | 2m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
carbonhotkey
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
kbd
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
awase
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| carbonhotkey | kbd | awase | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.1 | 0.2.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | non-standard | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 33KB | 77KB | 20KB |
| Features | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.76 | 1.85 | 1.89.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •carbonhotkey leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •kbd has the most downloads (530), suggesting wider adoption.