Decision Workspace
keyswitch vs carbonhotkey vs cgevents
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
keyswitch
experimentalv0.1.2
Lightweight keyboard layout switcher and shortcut manager for MacOS
54
carbonhotkey
experimentalv0.5.1
Safe Rust bindings for Carbon's RegisterEventHotKey — register global keyboard shortcuts on macOS
55
cgevents
experimentalv0.10.1
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's Quartz Event Services via a Swift bridge on macOS
Core Metrics
| keyswitch | carbonhotkey | cgevents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 54 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 823 | 105 | 142 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 225d ago | 6d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 7m | 10d | 10d |
Health Breakdown
keyswitch
Maintenance
10
Quality
12
Community
3
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
carbonhotkey
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
cgevents
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| keyswitch | carbonhotkey | cgevents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.5.1 | 0.10.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 15 | 5 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 33KB | 52KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.76 | 1.76 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cgevents leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •keyswitch has the most downloads (823), suggesting wider adoption.