Decision Workspace
chelate vs sci-form vs uff-relax
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
chelate
experimentalv0.2.0
Parser for a bunch of molecular file formats
56
sci-form
experimentalv0.12.4
High-performance 3D molecular conformer generation using ETKDG distance geometry
48
uff-relax
experimentalv1.0.7
A high-performance, parallelized molecular structure optimizer using the Universal Force Field (UFF).
Core Metrics
| chelate | sci-form | uff-relax | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 56 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 1.5K | 231 | 1.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 243 | 93 |
| Dependents | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 16 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 346d ago | today | 23d ago |
| Age | 11m | 13d | 1m |
Health Breakdown
chelate
Maintenance
7
Quality
12
Community
4
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
sci-form
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
uff-relax
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| chelate | sci-form | uff-relax | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.12.4 | 1.0.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 12 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 4.9MB | 1.0MB | 107KB |
| Features | 3 | 29 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sci-form leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •chelate has the most downloads (1.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •chelate, sci-form are pre-1.0 — API may change.