Decision Workspace
cartan-gpu vs wgsl-fft vs animato-gpu
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
cartan-gpu
experimentalv0.5.1
Portable GPU compute primitives for the cartan ecosystem: wgpu device/buffer/kernel abstractions plus VkFFT-backed FFT.
49
wgsl-fft
experimentalv0.4.4
GPU-accelerated FFT using Webgpu compute shaders
56
animato-gpu
experimentalv1.4.0
GPU and CPU-fallback batch tween evaluation for Animato.
Core Metrics
| cartan-gpu | wgsl-fft | animato-gpu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 49 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 14 | 183 | 88 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Releases | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 8d ago | 3d ago | 1d ago |
| Age | 8d | 24d | 11d |
Health Breakdown
cartan-gpu
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
1
Documentation
15
wgsl-fft
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
animato-gpu
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| cartan-gpu | wgsl-fft | animato-gpu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.1 | 0.4.4 | 1.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 13 | 9 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 39KB | 96KB | 19KB |
| Features | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | 1.73 | 1.89 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •animato-gpu leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •wgsl-fft has the most downloads (183), suggesting wider adoption.
- •cartan-gpu, wgsl-fft are pre-1.0 — API may change.