Decision Workspace
ears vs midir vs alto
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
ears
growingv0.8.0
Easy Rust API to play audio using OpenAL
60
midir
growingv0.11.0
A cross-platform, realtime MIDI processing library, inspired by RtMidi.
50
alto
growingv3.0.4
Idiomatic interface for OpenAL 1.1 and extensions (including EFX)
Core Metrics
| ears | midir | alto | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 60 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 77.1K | 497.1K | 141.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 45.7K | 1.4K |
| Dependents | 24 | 935 | 64 |
| Releases | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| Last Updated | 2294d ago | 37d ago | 2561d ago |
| Age | 10y 4m | 10y 9m | 9y 6m |
Health Breakdown
ears
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
midir
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
alto
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| ears | midir | alto | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.0 | 0.11.0 | 3.0.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 19 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 46KB | 50KB | 42KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 60.6% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •midir leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •midir is depended on by 935 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ ears, alto have not been updated in over a year.
- •ears, midir are pre-1.0 — API may change.