Decision Workspace
metal-live-resize vs raw-window-metal vs apple-metal
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
metal-live-resize
experimentalv0.1.2
Glitch-free macOS Metal window live resize via CAMetalLayer contentsGravity + contentsScale
67
raw-window-metal
growingv1.1.0
Interop library between Metal and raw-window-handle
62
apple-metal
experimentalv0.8.7
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's Metal framework — devices, resources, command encoding, advanced GPU objects, and IOSurface interop on macOS, backed by a Swift bridge
Core Metrics
| metal-live-resize | raw-window-metal | apple-metal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 67 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 39 | 1.8M | 1.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 403.4K | 1.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 129 | 65 |
| Releases | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 32d ago | 484d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 1m | 6y | 10d |
Health Breakdown
metal-live-resize
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
raw-window-metal
Maintenance
8
Quality
20
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
apple-metal
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| metal-live-resize | raw-window-metal | apple-metal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 1.1.0 | 0.8.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 26KB | 15KB | 80KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.94 | 1.71 | 1.76 |
| Owners | 1 | 5 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •raw-window-metal leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •raw-window-metal is depended on by 129 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ raw-window-metal has not been updated in over a year.
- •metal-live-resize, apple-metal are pre-1.0 — API may change.