Decision Workspace
iron-oxide vs mtl-rs vs lonsdaleite
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
iron-oxide
growingv0.1.1
Unsafe Rusty Metal.
42
mtl-rs
experimentalv0.1.8
Rust bindings for Apple's Metal API
27
lonsdaleite
growingv0.0.1
An idiomatic Rust wrapper of Metal.
Core Metrics
| iron-oxide | mtl-rs | lonsdaleite | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 42 | 27 |
| Total Downloads | 4.0K | 756 | 1.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 95 | 2 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 2133d ago | 10d ago | 2210d ago |
| Age | 5y 10m | 2m | 6y |
Health Breakdown
iron-oxide
Maintenance
3
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
mtl-rs
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
lonsdaleite
Maintenance
1
Quality
10
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| iron-oxide | mtl-rs | lonsdaleite | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.1.8 | 0.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 13 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 23KB | 200KB | 31KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mtl-rs leads with a health score of 42/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •iron-oxide has the most downloads (4.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ iron-oxide, lonsdaleite have not been updated in over a year.