Decision Workspace
mcap vs cutmerge vs slimcap
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
60
mcap
growingv0.25.0
A library for reading and writing MCAP files
44
cutmerge
experimentalv0.1.10
Cut 3 synchronized MCAP recordings into merged per-segment clips, written in mcap-optimiser byte order with uncompressed chunks.
43
slimcap
experimentalv0.1.3
Streaming MCAP slimmer: auto-detects color image topics in robotics logs and re-encodes them to H.264 (or H.265) inside foxglove.CompressedVideo.
Core Metrics
| mcap | cutmerge | slimcap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 60 | 44 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 8.2M | 219 | 79 |
| 30d Downloads | 329.3K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 396 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 37 | 11 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 32d ago | 6d ago | 57d ago |
| Age | 3y 10m | 14d | 2m |
Health Breakdown
mcap
Maintenance
17
Quality
8
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
cutmerge
Maintenance
16
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
7
slimcap
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| mcap | cutmerge | slimcap | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.25.0 | 0.1.10 | 0.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 28 | 12 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 1.8MB | 48KB | 33KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 5.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.81 | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mcap leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mcap is depended on by 396 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.