Decision Workspace
glium_sdl2 vs sdl3-sys vs speedy2d
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.
64
sdl3-sys
growingv0.6.1+SDL-3.4.2
Low level Rust bindings for SDL 3
57
speedy2d
stablev3.0.0
Hardware-accelerated drawing of shapes, images, and text, with an easy to use API. Speedy2D aims to be the simplest Rust API for creating a window, rendering graphics, and handling input.
Core Metrics
| glium_sdl2 | sdl3-sys | speedy2d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 64 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 82.8K | 117.3K | 97.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 153 | 9.1K | 2.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 156 | 18 |
| Releases | 17 | 44 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 3081d ago | 34d ago | 89d ago |
| Age | 10y 10m | 3y 2m | 5y |
Health Breakdown
glium_sdl2
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
sdl3-sys
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
speedy2d
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| glium_sdl2 | sdl3-sys | speedy2d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.15.0 | 0.6.1+SDL-3.4.2 | 3.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | Zlib | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| Crate Size | 31KB | 607KB | 902KB |
| Features | 0 | 38 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 6.8% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sdl3-sys leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •sdl3-sys is depended on by 156 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ glium_sdl2 has not been updated in over a year.
- •glium_sdl2, sdl3-sys are pre-1.0 — API may change.