Decision Workspace
orchard-rs vs inferd-client vs mlex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
orchard-rs
growingv2026.6.2
Rust client for Orchard - high-performance LLM inference on Apple Silicon
49
inferd-client
experimentalv0.6.0
Rust client for the inferd local-inference daemon: generation (length-prefixed v2 framing, grammar support), embeddings (NDJSON), admin event subscription, retry-and-wait helpers.
47
mlex
experimentalv0.1.3
Safe, idiomatic Rust runtime for Apple MLX: quantized LLM inference (Qwen, Gemma4, NemotronH, DharaAR, ...) with multi-modal support
Core Metrics
| orchard-rs | inferd-client | mlex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 49 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 822 | 232 | 206 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Releases | 47 | 12 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 38d ago | today | 7d ago |
| Age | 6m | 1m | 7d |
Health Breakdown
orchard-rs
Maintenance
17
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
inferd-client
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
mlex
Maintenance
19
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| orchard-rs | inferd-client | mlex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2026.6.2 | 0.6.0 | 0.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 27 | 10 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 779KB | 20KB | 4.5MB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 6.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.89 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •inferd-client leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •orchard-rs has the most downloads (822), suggesting wider adoption.
- •inferd-client, mlex are pre-1.0 — API may change.