Decision Workspace
forge-sort vs bitnet-metal vs vx-gpu
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
forge-sort
experimentalv0.2.3
GPU radix sort for Apple Silicon — 4,800+ Mkeys/s, 6 data types, zero-copy
54
bitnet-metal
growingv1.0.0
Metal GPU acceleration for BitNet on Apple Silicon
49
vx-gpu
experimentalv0.2.0
Shared-memory Metal buffer management for Apple Silicon UMA
Core Metrics
| forge-sort | bitnet-metal | vx-gpu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 54 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 55 | 2.2K | 28 |
| 30d Downloads | 10 | 29 | 28 |
| Dependents | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Releases | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 35d ago | 209d ago | 4d ago |
| Age | 1m | 8m | 7d |
Health Breakdown
forge-sort
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
bitnet-metal
Maintenance
11
Quality
18
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
vx-gpu
Maintenance
14
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| forge-sort | bitnet-metal | vx-gpu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.3 | 1.0.0 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 16 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 40KB | 63KB | 7KB |
| Features | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.70 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •forge-sort leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bitnet-metal has the most downloads (2.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •forge-sort, vx-gpu are pre-1.0 — API may change.