Decision Workspace
cascada vs ply-engine vs slint
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
cascada
experimentalv0.3.1
A general purpose UI layout engine
55
ply-engine
experimentalv1.1.1
The most powerful app engine made entirely in Rust
78
slint
stablev1.17.1
GUI toolkit to efficiently develop fluid graphical user interfaces for embedded devices and desktop applications
Core Metrics
| cascada | ply-engine | slint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 55 | 78 |
| Total Downloads | 1.2K | 865 | 1.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 88.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 522 |
| Releases | 4 | 6 | 50 |
| Last Updated | 47d ago | 97d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 8m | 4m | 4y 5m |
Health Breakdown
cascada
Maintenance
15
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
ply-engine
Maintenance
15
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
slint
Maintenance
22
Quality
19
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| cascada | ply-engine | slint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 1.1.1 | 1.17.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | 0BSD | GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Slint-Royalty-free-2.0 OR LicenseRef-Slint-Software-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 22 | 27 |
| Crate Size | 67KB | 236KB | 111KB |
| Features | 1 | 10 | 43 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.92 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •slint leads with a health score of 78/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •slint is depended on by 522 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •cascada is pre-1.0 — API may change.