Decision Workspace
mlx-native vs bare-metal-kernels vs rmlx
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
mlx-native
experimentalv0.9.3
Pure-Rust Metal GPU compute library for MLX-compatible inference on Apple Silicon
44
bare-metal-kernels
experimentalv0.7.1
Metal GPU kernels for LLM inference on Apple Silicon — 85+ optimized compute shaders
40
rmlx
experimentalv0.1.0
High-performance ML inference framework for Apple Silicon (Metal GPU)
Core Metrics
| mlx-native | bare-metal-kernels | rmlx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 44 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6K | 76 | 28 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Releases | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 19d ago | 99d ago | 119d ago |
| Age | 2m | 3m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
mlx-native
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
bare-metal-kernels
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
rmlx
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| mlx-native | bare-metal-kernels | rmlx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.3 | 0.7.1 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 6 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 3.8MB | 46KB | 7KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.81.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mlx-native leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.