Decision Workspace
lox vs alum vs tess2-rust
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
lox
growingv0.1.1
Fast polygon mesh library with different data structures and traits to abstract over those.
50
alum
growingv0.7.1
Halfedge based polygon mesh library.
62
tess2-rust
experimentalv1.1.4
Pure Rust port of libtess2 — complete SGI polygon tessellation pipeline with winding rules, self-intersections, and multiple output modes
Core Metrics
| lox | alum | tess2-rust | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 50 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 5.5K | 12.0K | 722 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Releases | 3 | 13 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 1128d ago | 198d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 7y 7m | 1y 7m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
lox
Maintenance
3
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
alum
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
tess2-rust
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| lox | alum | tess2-rust | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.7.1 | 1.1.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 137KB | 96KB | 116KB |
| Features | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.70 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tess2-rust leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •alum has the most downloads (12.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ lox has not been updated in over a year.
- •lox, alum are pre-1.0 — API may change.