Decision Workspace
glast vs glsl-lang vs glsl
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
glast
growingv0.1.0
A crate for parsing and manipulating the OpenGL Shading Language.
59
glsl-lang
growingv0.8.1
GLSL 4.6 language LALR parser and AST
58
glsl
growingv7.0.0
A GLSL450/GLSL460 parser.
Core Metrics
| glast | glsl-lang | glsl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 59 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 2.8K | 53.0K | 384.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 15.3K | 37.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 57 | 110 |
| Releases | 2 | 21 | 57 |
| Last Updated | 1177d ago | 193d ago | 826d ago |
| Age | 3y 6m | 4y 11m | 8y 8m |
Health Breakdown
glast
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
glsl-lang
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
glsl
Maintenance
7
Quality
20
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| glast | glsl-lang | glsl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.8.1 | 7.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 128KB | 49KB | 54KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.8% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.82.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •glsl-lang leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •glsl has the most downloads (384.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •glsl is depended on by 110 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ glast, glsl have not been updated in over a year.
- •glast, glsl-lang are pre-1.0 — API may change.