Decision Workspace
iokit vs macstate-core vs io-kit-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
iokit
experimentalv0.5.3
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's IOKit user-space APIs with a Swift bridge for services, registry, power management, and power sources on macOS
55
macstate-core
experimentalv0.0.11
Library exposing macOS system signals (network, power) as serde-serializable structs
55
io-kit-sys
growingv0.5.0
Bindings to IOKit for macOS
Core Metrics
| iokit | macstate-core | io-kit-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 55 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 136 | 169 | 9.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 755.0K |
| Dependents | 4 | 11 | 189 |
| Releases | 9 | 11 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 5d ago | 20d ago | 207d ago |
| Age | 9d | 29d | 7y 6m |
Health Breakdown
iokit
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
macstate-core
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
io-kit-sys
Maintenance
8
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| iokit | macstate-core | io-kit-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.3 | 0.0.11 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 60KB | 6KB | 40KB |
| Features | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.76 | 1.77 | 1.65 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •iokit leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •io-kit-sys has the most downloads (9.9M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •io-kit-sys is depended on by 189 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.