Decision Workspace
gesso vs wpaperd vs wpaperd-ipc
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
gesso
experimentalv0.3.1
Deterministic Wayland wallpaper daemon/controller
43
wpaperd
growingv1.0.1
Wallpaper daemon for Wayland
42
wpaperd-ipc
growingv1.0.0
IPC library for wpaperd
Core Metrics
| gesso | wpaperd | wpaperd-ipc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 43 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 121 | 2.9K | 2.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 13 | 13 | 48 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Releases | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 35d ago | 708d ago | 709d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1y 11m | 1y 11m |
Health Breakdown
gesso
Maintenance
15
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
wpaperd
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
wpaperd-ipc
Maintenance
1
Quality
19
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| gesso | wpaperd | wpaperd-ipc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0+ | GPL-3.0+ |
| Dependencies | 16 | 24 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 47KB | 44KB | 1KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.61.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •gesso leads with a health score of 44/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •wpaperd has the most downloads (2.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ wpaperd, wpaperd-ipc have not been updated in over a year.
- •gesso is pre-1.0 — API may change.