Decision Workspace
gaia_access vs celestial-catalog vs mwalib
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
gaia_access
growingv0.2.0
Access the Gaia ESA Archive for astronomical data.
40
celestial-catalog
experimentalv0.1.0-alpha.1
Astronomical Catalog operations
65
mwalib
stablev2.0.2
A library to simplify reading Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) raw visibilities, voltages and metadata.
Core Metrics
| gaia_access | celestial-catalog | mwalib | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 40 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 5.6K | 16 | 82.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 28 | 3 | 224 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Releases | 6 | 1 | 61 |
| Last Updated | 70d ago | 36d ago | 38d ago |
| Age | 1y 10m | 1m | 5y |
Health Breakdown
gaia_access
Maintenance
15
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
celestial-catalog
Maintenance
11
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
mwalib
Maintenance
17
Quality
17
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| gaia_access | celestial-catalog | mwalib | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.0-alpha.1 | 2.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 17 | 24 |
| Crate Size | 222KB | 48KB | 439KB |
| Features | 259 | 3 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.9% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mwalib leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •gaia_access, celestial-catalog are pre-1.0 — API may change.