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dxplr vs winapi vs dxcapture
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
dxplr
growingv0.0.25
Rust wrapper around D3D11, D3D12, DXGI, D2D and DWrite
57
winapi
growingv0.3.9
Raw FFI bindings for all of Windows API.
53
dxcapture
growingv1.1.3
`dxcapture` is a library for capturing a Direct3D 11 device on Windows.
Core Metrics
| dxplr | winapi | dxcapture | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 57 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 36.1K | 324.7M | 13.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 27 | 20.0M | 14 |
| Dependents | 0 | 24.1K | 0 |
| Releases | 25 | 51 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 1950d ago | 2100d ago | 1459d ago |
| Age | 6y 7m | 11y 4m | 4y |
Health Breakdown
dxplr
Maintenance
6
Quality
14
Community
2
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
winapi
Maintenance
6
Quality
17
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
dxcapture
Maintenance
8
Quality
21
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| dxplr | winapi | dxcapture | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.25 | 0.3.9 | 1.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 349KB | 1.2MB | 10KB |
| Features | 25 | 399 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 8.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •winapi leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •winapi is depended on by 24.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ dxplr, winapi, dxcapture have not been updated in over a year.
- •dxplr, winapi are pre-1.0 — API may change.