Decision Workspace
chrom-rs vs coulomb vs arctk
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
chrom-rs
experimentalv0.2.0
Liquid chromatography simulator — Langmuir isotherms, numerical solvers (Euler, RK4), CLI and config-file interface
59
coulomb
growingv0.5.0
Library for electrolytes and electrostatic interactions
55
arctk
growingv2.0.10
Numerical simulations of physical systems
Core Metrics
| chrom-rs | coulomb | arctk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 59 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 13 | 3.4K | 115.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 7 | 50 |
| Releases | 1 | 7 | 77 |
| Last Updated | 33d ago | today | 1162d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1y 6m | 5y 8m |
Health Breakdown
chrom-rs
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
coulomb
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
arctk
Maintenance
7
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| chrom-rs | coulomb | arctk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.5.0 | 2.0.10 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 18 | 12 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 180KB | 132KB | 43KB |
| Features | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.77 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •coulomb leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •arctk has the most downloads (115.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ arctk has not been updated in over a year.
- •chrom-rs, coulomb are pre-1.0 — API may change.