Decision Workspace
lazychess vs bitboard_chess_engine vs tanton_engine
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
lazychess
experimentalv0.1.0
A fast, memory-efficient chess engine library for Rust
51
bitboard_chess_engine
experimentalv0.1.9
A chess engine with UCI support
43
tanton_engine
growingv1.0.0
A blazingly-fast Chess AI.
Core Metrics
| lazychess | bitboard_chess_engine | tanton_engine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 51 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 10 | 371 | 1.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 10 | 13 | 3 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Last Updated | today | 124d ago | 1216d ago |
| Age | 1d | 4m | 3y 4m |
Health Breakdown
lazychess
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
13
bitboard_chess_engine
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
tanton_engine
Maintenance
1
Quality
21
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| lazychess | bitboard_chess_engine | tanton_engine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.9 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 137KB | 79KB | 59KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •bitboard_chess_engine leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tanton_engine has the most downloads (1.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ tanton_engine has not been updated in over a year.
- •lazychess, bitboard_chess_engine are pre-1.0 — API may change.