Decision Workspace
inkwell vs llvm_quick vs llvm-plugin
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
57
inkwell
growingv0.8.0
Inkwell aims to help you pen your own programming languages by safely wrapping llvm-sys.
51
llvm_quick
stablev181.0.0-alpha.7
Rust's wrapper for llvm.
46
llvm-plugin
growingv0.6.0
A wrapper for easily implementing out-of-source-tree LLVM plugins in Rust.
Core Metrics
| inkwell | llvm_quick | llvm-plugin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 57 | 51 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 1.1M | 7.6K | 16.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 84.1K | 10 | 81 |
| Dependents | 847 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 18 | 7 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 78d ago | 629d ago | 599d ago |
| Age | 8y 9m | 1y 8m | 3y 6m |
Health Breakdown
inkwell
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
llvm_quick
Maintenance
12
Quality
19
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
llvm-plugin
Maintenance
6
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| inkwell | llvm_quick | llvm-plugin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.0 | 181.0.0-alpha.7 | 0.6.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 20 | 1 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 208KB | 55KB | 23KB |
| Features | 86 | 0 | 30 |
| Yanked % | 5.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •inkwell leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •inkwell is depended on by 847 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ llvm_quick, llvm-plugin have not been updated in over a year.
- •inkwell, llvm-plugin are pre-1.0 — API may change.