Decision Workspace
fastnoise2 vs noise-functions vs simdnoise
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
fastnoise2
growingv0.4.0
A safe Rust wrapper for FastNoise2, a node-based noise generation library optimized with SIMD.
65
noise-functions
growingv0.8.5
A collection of fast and lightweight noise functions.
55
simdnoise
growingv3.1.6
SIMD accelerate noise library with runtime feature detection
Core Metrics
| fastnoise2 | noise-functions | simdnoise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 65 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 6.9K | 21.1K | 76.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.9K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 24 | 46 |
| Releases | 7 | 18 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 125d ago | 37d ago | 2186d ago |
| Age | 1y 9m | 2y 1m | 7y 11m |
Health Breakdown
fastnoise2
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
noise-functions
Maintenance
17
Quality
18
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
simdnoise
Maintenance
6
Quality
20
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| fastnoise2 | noise-functions | simdnoise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 0.8.5 | 3.1.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0/MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 547KB | 75KB | 19KB |
| Features | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.82.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •noise-functions leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •simdnoise has the most downloads (76.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ simdnoise has not been updated in over a year.
- •fastnoise2, noise-functions are pre-1.0 — API may change.