Decision Workspace
mac-screen-cast vs videotoolbox vs video-toolbox-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
mac-screen-cast
experimentalv0.3.0
Stream macOS screen to browser over LAN. Zero-copy ScreenCaptureKit, hardware H.264 encoding via VideoToolbox, ~10ms pipeline latency, ~3% CPU.
53
videotoolbox
experimentalv0.18.1
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's VideoToolbox framework — hardware H.264/HEVC/ProRes encode and decode on macOS
43
video-toolbox-sys
experimentalv0.2.0
FFI bindings and helpers for Apple VideoToolbox framework
Core Metrics
| mac-screen-cast | videotoolbox | video-toolbox-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 53 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 137 | 1.1K | 875 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Releases | 7 | 24 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 11d ago | 37d ago | 172d ago |
| Age | 15d | 1m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
mac-screen-cast
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
videotoolbox
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
video-toolbox-sys
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| mac-screen-cast | videotoolbox | video-toolbox-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.18.1 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 17 | 5 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 44KB | 66KB | 45KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.76 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •videotoolbox leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.