Decision Workspace
enigo vs cgevents vs rdev
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
enigo
growingv0.6.1
Cross-platform (Linux, Windows, macOS & BSD) library to simulate keyboard and mouse events
55
cgevents
experimentalv0.10.1
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's Quartz Event Services via a Swift bridge on macOS
54
rdev
growingv0.5.3
Listen and send keyboard and mouse events on Windows, Linux and MacOS.
Core Metrics
| enigo | cgevents | rdev | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 55 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 1.0M | 142 | 450.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 218.7K | 0 | 61.8K |
| Dependents | 449 | 0 | 572 |
| Releases | 30 | 10 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 270d ago | 6d ago | 1064d ago |
| Age | 9y 3m | 10d | 6y 3m |
Health Breakdown
enigo
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
cgevents
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
rdev
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| enigo | cgevents | rdev | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.1 | 0.10.1 | 0.5.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 32 | 5 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 102KB | 52KB | 38KB |
| Features | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 3.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | 1.76 | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •enigo leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rdev is depended on by 572 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rdev has not been updated in over a year.