Decision Workspace
echidna vs echidna-optim vs symdiff
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
echidna
experimentalv0.5.0
A high-performance automatic differentiation library for Rust
50
echidna-optim
experimentalv0.5.0
Optimization solvers and implicit differentiation for echidna
50
symdiff
experimentalv2.1.0
Compile-time symbolic differentiation for Rust via a proc-macro attribute. Generates closed-form gradients at compile time.
Core Metrics
| echidna | echidna-optim | symdiff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 50 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 570 | 71 | 54 |
| 30d Downloads | 513 | 27 | 54 |
| Dependents | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 13d ago | 13d ago | 7d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1m | 14d |
Health Breakdown
echidna
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
echidna-optim
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
symdiff
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| echidna | echidna-optim | symdiff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.5.0 | 2.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 21 | 4 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 325KB | 41KB | 20KB |
| Features | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.93 | 1.93 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •echidna leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •echidna, echidna-optim are pre-1.0 — API may change.