Decision Workspace
midimap vs keybinds vs carbonhotkey
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
midimap
experimentalv2026.4.26
Map MIDI events (notes, CC) to keyboard shortcuts on macOS and Linux.
54
keybinds
growingv0.2.0
Platform&Framework-agnostic key binding (keyboard shortcut) dispatcher, parser, and generator written in Safe Rust.
54
carbonhotkey
experimentalv0.5.1
Safe Rust bindings for Carbon's RegisterEventHotKey — register global keyboard shortcuts on macOS
Core Metrics
| midimap | keybinds | carbonhotkey | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 54 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 27 | 12.2K | 105 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 13 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 30d ago | 364d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1y 3m | 10d |
Health Breakdown
midimap
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
keybinds
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
carbonhotkey
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| midimap | keybinds | carbonhotkey | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2026.4.26 | 0.2.0 | 0.5.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 15KB | 74KB | 33KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.80.0 | 1.76 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •keybinds leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •keybinds, carbonhotkey are pre-1.0 — API may change.