Decision Workspace
keyflow vs enigo vs cgevents
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
keyflow
experimentalv0.1.1
Cross-platform input simulation library for keyboard, mouse and hotkeys.
58
enigo
growingv0.6.1
Cross-platform (Linux, Windows, macOS & BSD) library to simulate keyboard and mouse events
55
cgevents
experimentalv0.10.1
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's Quartz Event Services via a Swift bridge on macOS
Core Metrics
| keyflow | enigo | cgevents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 58 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 33 | 1.0M | 142 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 218.7K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 449 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 30 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 79d ago | 270d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 2m | 9y 3m | 10d |
Health Breakdown
keyflow
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
enigo
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
cgevents
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| keyflow | enigo | cgevents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.6.1 | 0.10.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 11 | 32 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 30KB | 102KB | 52KB |
| Features | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.76 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •enigo leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •enigo is depended on by 449 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.