Decision Workspace
glium_sdl2 vs sdl3-sys vs miniquad
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
glium_sdl2
growingv0.15.0
An SDL2 backend for Glium - a high-level OpenGL wrapper for the Rust language.
65
sdl3-sys
growingv0.6.5+SDL-3.4.8
Low level Rust bindings for SDL 3
61
miniquad
growingv0.4.10
Cross-platform window context and rendering library.
Core Metrics
| glium_sdl2 | sdl3-sys | miniquad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 65 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 83.1K | 148.9K | 1.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 14.7K | 60.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 189 | 288 |
| Releases | 17 | 48 | 140 |
| Last Updated | 3140d ago | 23d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 11y | 3y 4m | 6y 4m |
Health Breakdown
glium_sdl2
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
sdl3-sys
Maintenance
18
Quality
12
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
miniquad
Maintenance
19
Quality
12
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| glium_sdl2 | sdl3-sys | miniquad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.15.0 | 0.6.5+SDL-3.4.8 | 0.4.10 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | Zlib | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 11 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 31KB | 609KB | 207KB |
| Features | 0 | 63 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 8.3% | 2.9% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.70 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sdl3-sys leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •miniquad has the most downloads (1.6M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •miniquad is depended on by 288 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ glium_sdl2 has not been updated in over a year.