Decision Workspace
cohere-transcribe-rs vs deepgram vs whispercpp
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
cohere-transcribe-rs
experimentalv0.1.1
Rust implementation for the CohereLabs/cohere-transcribe-03-2026 speech-to-text model. Includes a CLI and an OpenAI-compatible API server.
59
deepgram
growingv0.10.0
Community Rust SDK for Deepgram's automated speech recognition APIs.
50
whispercpp
experimentalv0.2.1
Safe Rust bindings for whisper.cpp speech recognition. Bundled patched build with memory-safety hardening, exception-catching FFI shim, and Send + Sync types.
Core Metrics
| cohere-transcribe-rs | deepgram | whispercpp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 59 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 24 | 405.5K | 223 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 35.9K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 22 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 58d ago | 13d ago | 17d ago |
| Age | 1m | 3y 11m | 19d |
Health Breakdown
cohere-transcribe-rs
Maintenance
10
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
deepgram
Maintenance
17
Quality
11
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
whispercpp
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| cohere-transcribe-rs | deepgram | whispercpp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.10.0 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 18 | 24 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 71KB | 4.0MB | 107KB |
| Features | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.95 |
| Owners | 1 | 4 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •deepgram leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.