Decision Workspace
mkmidilibrary vs rustysynth vs midir
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
mkmidilibrary
experimentalv0.1.2
Music scoring and MIDI library for Rust
59
rustysynth
growingv1.3.6
A SoundFont MIDI synthesizer written in pure Rust
57
midir
growingv0.10.3
A cross-platform, realtime MIDI processing library, inspired by RtMidi.
Core Metrics
| mkmidilibrary | rustysynth | midir | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 59 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 110 | 59.4K | 416.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 20 | 2.7K | 31.7K |
| Dependents | 2 | 92 | 807 |
| Releases | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 100d ago | 229d ago | 151d ago |
| Age | 3m | 3y 2m | 10y 7m |
Health Breakdown
mkmidilibrary
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
rustysynth
Maintenance
9
Quality
21
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
midir
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| mkmidilibrary | rustysynth | midir | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 1.3.6 | 0.10.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 81KB | 36KB | 39KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rustysynth leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •midir has the most downloads (416.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •midir is depended on by 807 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •mkmidilibrary, midir are pre-1.0 — API may change.