Decision Workspace
karplus vs prani vs knyst
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
28
karplus
growingv0.1.0
Karplus-Strong algorithm implementation.
50
prani
experimentalv1.0.0
prani — Creature and animal vocal synthesis: species-specific voice models, call patterns, non-human vocal tracts
39
knyst
growingv0.5.1
Real time dynamic audio graph and synthesis library
Core Metrics
| karplus | prani | knyst | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 28 | 50 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 2.7K | 0 | 13.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 0 | 82 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 3603d ago | today | 487d ago |
| Age | 9y 10m | 1d | 3y 5m |
Health Breakdown
karplus
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
5
prani
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
0
Documentation
15
knyst
Maintenance
6
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| karplus | prani | knyst | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.0.0 | 0.5.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Unknown | GPL-3.0-only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 10 | 25 |
| Crate Size | 2KB | 39KB | 170KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.89 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •prani leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •knyst has the most downloads (13.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ karplus, knyst have not been updated in over a year.
- •karplus, knyst are pre-1.0 — API may change.