Decision Workspace
openal-rs vs alto vs ears
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
openal-rs
growingv0.3.3
DEPRECATED - Use alto instead
50
alto
growingv3.0.4
Idiomatic interface for OpenAL 1.1 and extensions (including EFX)
46
ears
growingv0.8.0
Easy Rust API to play audio using OpenAL
Core Metrics
| openal-rs | alto | ears | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 50 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 40.6K | 139.5K | 76.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 46 | 431 | 496 |
| Dependents | 7 | 64 | 24 |
| Releases | 12 | 33 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 3431d ago | 2502d ago | 2235d ago |
| Age | 10y 11m | 9y 4m | 10y 2m |
Health Breakdown
openal-rs
Maintenance
4
Quality
9
Community
5
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
alto
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
ears
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| openal-rs | alto | ears | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.3 | 3.0.4 | 0.8.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 42KB | 46KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 100.0% | 60.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | — | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •alto leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ openal-rs, alto, ears have not been updated in over a year.
- •openal-rs, ears are pre-1.0 — API may change.