Decision Workspace
inferd-client vs inferd-proto vs orchard-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
inferd-client
experimentalv0.6.0
Rust client for the inferd local-inference daemon: generation (length-prefixed v2 framing, grammar support), embeddings (NDJSON), admin event subscription, retry-and-wait helpers.
51
inferd-proto
experimentalv0.6.0
Wire format for inferd: length-prefixed type-tagged frames (generation), NDJSON (embeddings), bounded reader, request validation.
45
orchard-rs
growingv2026.6.2
Rust client for Orchard - high-performance LLM inference on Apple Silicon
Core Metrics
| inferd-client | inferd-proto | orchard-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 51 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 232 | 358 | 822 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 8 | 29 | 0 |
| Releases | 12 | 12 | 47 |
| Last Updated | today | today | 38d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
inferd-client
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
inferd-proto
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
orchard-rs
Maintenance
17
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| inferd-client | inferd-proto | orchard-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 0.6.0 | 2026.6.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 26KB | 779KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.4% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.89 | 1.89 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •inferd-proto leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •orchard-rs has the most downloads (822), suggesting wider adoption.
- •inferd-client, inferd-proto are pre-1.0 — API may change.