Decision Workspace
golem vs xgl vs edgefirst-gl
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
golem
growingv0.1.7
A (mostly) safe library for graphics programming
55
xgl
experimentalv0.3.0
Unified minimalist OpenGL 3.3 & WebGL abstractions.
48
edgefirst-gl
experimentalv0.26.0
Minimal OpenGL ES bindings — a trimmed, maintained fork of `gls`
Core Metrics
| golem | xgl | edgefirst-gl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 55 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 52.0K | 2.4K | 269 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| Releases | 16 | 6 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 398d ago | 24d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 6y 6m | 7m | 19d |
Health Breakdown
golem
Maintenance
5
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
xgl
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
edgefirst-gl
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
4
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| golem | xgl | edgefirst-gl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.7 | 0.3.0 | 0.26.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 44KB | 47KB | 9KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 6.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •xgl leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •golem has the most downloads (52.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ golem has not been updated in over a year.