Decision Workspace
julius vs whisper-apr vs parakeet-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
julius
growingv1.0.0
Wrapper for Julius
61
whisper-apr
experimentalv0.2.8
WASM-first automatic speech recognition engine implementing OpenAI Whisper
59
parakeet-rs
experimentalv0.3.5
Fast ASR & Speaker Diarization with NVIDIA Parakeet via ONNX
Core Metrics
| julius | whisper-apr | parakeet-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 61 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 6.7K | 2.5K | 24.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 9.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 59 | 47 |
| Releases | 3 | 10 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 3818d ago | 50d ago | 38d ago |
| Age | 11y 6m | 4m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
julius
Maintenance
3
Quality
20
Community
2
Popularity
5
Documentation
5
whisper-apr
Maintenance
19
Quality
12
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
parakeet-rs
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| julius | whisper-apr | parakeet-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 0.2.8 | 0.3.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Unknown | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 48 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 46KB | 963KB | 94KB |
| Features | 0 | 24 | 16 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.75 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •whisper-apr leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •parakeet-rs has the most downloads (24.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ julius has not been updated in over a year.
- •whisper-apr, parakeet-rs are pre-1.0 — API may change.