Decision Workspace
cheddar vs shades vs rpu
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
cheddar
growingv0.2.1
Functional and practical GLSL superset DSL
43
shades
growingv0.4.0
An EDSL for shading languages
40
rpu
growingv0.3.0
RPU is a GLSL-compatible language for rendering procedural graphics on the CPU.
Core Metrics
| cheddar | shades | rpu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 43 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 6.0K | 13.2K | 15.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 25 | 14 | 34 |
| Dependents | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Releases | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 2625d ago | 1347d ago | 683d ago |
| Age | 7y 8m | 5y 2m | 3y 8m |
Health Breakdown
cheddar
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
shades
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
rpu
Maintenance
6
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| cheddar | shades | rpu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 0.4.0 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | BSD-3-Clause | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 18KB | 38KB | 37KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •shades leads with a health score of 43/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rpu has the most downloads (15.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ cheddar, shades, rpu have not been updated in over a year.