Decision Workspace
delaunay vs delaunator vs spade
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
59
delaunay
growingv0.7.8
D-dimensional Delaunay triangulations and convex hulls in Rust, with exact predicates, multi-level validation, and bistellar flips
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
| delaunay | delaunator | spade | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 59 | 72 | 66 |
| Total Downloads | 8.3K | 375.8K | 13.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 38.2K | 1.1M |
| Dependents | 1 | 173 | 471 |
| Releases | 27 | 8 | 40 |
| Last Updated | 4d ago | 13d ago | 62d ago |
| Age | 4y 1m | 7y 8m | 9y 8m |
Health Breakdown
delaunay
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
delaunator
Maintenance
15
Quality
21
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
spade
Maintenance
14
Quality
18
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| delaunay | delaunator | spade | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.8 | 1.1.0 | 2.15.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | ISC | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 20 | 4 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 1.1MB | 98KB | 500KB |
| Features | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.95 | 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.
- •delaunay is pre-1.0 — API may change.