Decision Workspace
nnl vs smelte-rs vs burn-wgpu
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
nnl
experimentalv0.1.6
A high-performance neural network library for Rust with CPU and GPU support
37
smelte-rs
growingv0.1.0
Efficient inference ML framework written in rust
68
burn-wgpu
growingv0.20.1
WGPU backend for the Burn framework
Core Metrics
| nnl | smelte-rs | burn-wgpu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 37 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 2.5K | 1.6K | 627.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 10 | 3 | 66.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 263 |
| Releases | 7 | 1 | 29 |
| Last Updated | 227d ago | 1106d ago | 25d ago |
| Age | 7m | 3y | 2y 8m |
Health Breakdown
nnl
Maintenance
14
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
smelte-rs
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
burn-wgpu
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| nnl | smelte-rs | burn-wgpu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.6 | 0.1.0 | 0.20.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 26 | 10 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 165KB | 26KB | 35KB |
| Features | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •burn-wgpu leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •burn-wgpu is depended on by 263 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ smelte-rs has not been updated in over a year.