Decision Workspace
clipboard-watcher vs jiggy vs vcpkg
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
clipboard-watcher
experimentalv0.2.1
Async listener for the system clipboard that leverages the Stream trait
58
jiggy
stablev1.0.5
Minimalistic cross-platform mouse jiggler written in Rust.
57
vcpkg
growingv0.2.15
A library to find native dependencies in a vcpkg tree at build time in order to be used in Cargo build scripts.
Core Metrics
| clipboard-watcher | jiggy | vcpkg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 58 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 91 | 6.9K | 291.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 10 | 70 | 20.9M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 1.9K |
| Releases | 3 | 16 | 27 |
| Last Updated | 35d ago | 3d ago | 1742d ago |
| Age | 4m | 1y 1m | 8y 11m |
Health Breakdown
clipboard-watcher
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
3
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
jiggy
Maintenance
20
Quality
18
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
vcpkg
Maintenance
6
Quality
13
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| clipboard-watcher | jiggy | vcpkg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 1.0.5 | 0.2.15 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 22 | 3 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 45KB | 11KB | 229KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.7% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 5 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •jiggy leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •vcpkg has the most downloads (291.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •vcpkg is depended on by 1.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ vcpkg has not been updated in over a year.
- •clipboard-watcher, vcpkg are pre-1.0 — API may change.