Decision Workspace
chessframe vs timecat vs rustengine
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
chessframe
growingv0.4.2
A Rust library for working with chess positions, generating psudo-legal moves, and interacting with the UCI protocol.
63
timecat
stablev1.52.0
A NNUE-based chess engine that implements the Negamax algorithm and can be integrated into any project as a library. It features move generation, advanced position evaluation through NNUE, and move searching capabilities.
54
rustengine
stablev1.0.60
Rust bitboard multi variant uci chess analysis engine.
Core Metrics
| chessframe | timecat | rustengine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 63 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 4.1K | 192.0K | 69.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 10 | 456 | 61 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 8 | 197 | 57 |
| Last Updated | 42d ago | 32d ago | 2142d ago |
| Age | 1y 1m | 1y 10m | 5y 10m |
Health Breakdown
chessframe
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
timecat
Maintenance
17
Quality
19
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
rustengine
Maintenance
13
Quality
20
Community
3
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| chessframe | timecat | rustengine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.2 | 1.52.0 | 1.0.60 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 15 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 41KB | 132KB | 30KB |
| Features | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.89 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •timecat leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ rustengine has not been updated in over a year.
- •chessframe is pre-1.0 — API may change.