Decision Workspace
legacygui vs kitn vs slint
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
legacygui
growingv0.1.2
A simple GUI audio player with strange features.
38
kitn
growingv0.0.0
KitN: a creation kit for novel retro apps
76
slint
stablev1.16.1
GUI toolkit to efficiently develop fluid graphical user interfaces for embedded devices and desktop applications
Core Metrics
| legacygui | kitn | slint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 38 | 76 |
| Total Downloads | 3.9K | 1.6K | 1.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 104.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 1 | 394 |
| Releases | 3 | 1 | 48 |
| Last Updated | 949d ago | 800d ago | 32d ago |
| Age | 3y 4m | 2y 2m | 4y 3m |
Health Breakdown
legacygui
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
kitn
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
slint
Maintenance
20
Quality
19
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| legacygui | kitn | slint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.0.0 | 1.16.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT | GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Slint-Royalty-free-2.0 OR LicenseRef-Slint-Software-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| Crate Size | 40KB | 2KB | 102KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •slint leads with a health score of 76/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •slint is depended on by 394 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ legacygui, kitn have not been updated in over a year.
- •legacygui, kitn are pre-1.0 — API may change.