Decision Workspace
fltk-fluid vs ferrous-menu vs egui-fltk-frontend
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
fltk-fluid
growingv0.2.1
Rust wrapper for fltk's fluid (RAD tool)
46
ferrous-menu
experimentalv0.5.2
Minimal GUI choice selection app, similar to `dmenu` or `rofi`, using FLTK
40
egui-fltk-frontend
growingv0.22.1
FLTK frontend for Egui WGPU backend
Core Metrics
| fltk-fluid | ferrous-menu | egui-fltk-frontend | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 46 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 18.9K | 29 | 36.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 19 | 29 | 25 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 12 | 2 | 30 |
| Last Updated | 472d ago | 17d ago | 1291d ago |
| Age | 5y | 17d | 4y 5m |
Health Breakdown
fltk-fluid
Maintenance
5
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
ferrous-menu
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
egui-fltk-frontend
Maintenance
7
Quality
10
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| fltk-fluid | ferrous-menu | egui-fltk-frontend | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.22.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 10KB | 132KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Yanked % | 25.0% | 0.0% | 30.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.61.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ferrous-menu leads with a health score of 46/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •egui-fltk-frontend has the most downloads (36.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ fltk-fluid, egui-fltk-frontend have not been updated in over a year.