Decision Workspace
outfit vs swiss-eph vs celestial-core
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
outfit
growingv2.1.0
Orbit determination toolkit in Rust. Provides astrometric parsing, observer management, and initial orbit determination (Gauss method) with JPL ephemeris support.
49
swiss-eph
experimentalv0.2.1
Complete FFI bindings to the Swiss Ephemeris astronomical calculation library
48
celestial-core
experimentalv0.1.1-alpha.2
Core types and utilities for the Celestial astronomy library
Core Metrics
| outfit | swiss-eph | celestial-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 49 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 993 | 314 | 206 |
| 30d Downloads | 48 | 167 | 111 |
| Dependents | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Releases | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 190d ago | 64d ago | 36d ago |
| Age | 6m | 2m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
outfit
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
swiss-eph
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
celestial-core
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| outfit | swiss-eph | celestial-core | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.1.0 | 0.2.1 | 0.1.1-alpha.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | AGPL-3.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 30 | 3 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 1.1MB | 477KB | 76KB |
| Features | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.82 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •swiss-eph leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •outfit has the most downloads (993), suggesting wider adoption.
- •swiss-eph, celestial-core are pre-1.0 — API may change.