Decision Workspace
dearcut vs delaunator vs spade
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
dearcut
experimentalv0.3.7
Dynamic earcut-based triangulation (soon-to-be) optimized for fast incremental insertions and removals. Mutating doesn't invalidate handles.
72
delaunator
stablev1.1.0
A very fast 2D Delaunay triangulation library.
66
spade
stablev2.15.1
Delaunay triangulations for the rust ecosystem
Core Metrics
| dearcut | delaunator | spade | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 72 | 66 |
| Total Downloads | 177 | 375.8K | 13.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 38.2K | 1.1M |
| Dependents | 0 | 173 | 471 |
| Releases | 12 | 8 | 40 |
| Last Updated | 68d ago | 13d ago | 62d ago |
| Age | 3m | 7y 8m | 9y 8m |
Health Breakdown
dearcut
Maintenance
15
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
delaunator
Maintenance
15
Quality
21
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
spade
Maintenance
14
Quality
18
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| dearcut | delaunator | spade | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.7 | 1.1.0 | 2.15.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | ISC | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 98KB | 500KB |
| Features | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.87 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •delaunator leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •spade has the most downloads (13.2M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •spade is depended on by 471 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •dearcut is pre-1.0 — API may change.