Decision Workspace
oxideav-bitstream vs videotoolbox vs muxide
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
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oxideav-bitstream
experimentalv0.0.1
Minimal IDR/keyframe header parsing for H.264, HEVC, AV1 — used by oxideav HW-accel bridge crates (vaapi, vdpau, vulkan-video) to populate slice-data API parameter buffers without pulling a full SW codec
60
videotoolbox
experimentalv0.18.0
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's VideoToolbox framework — hardware H.264/HEVC/ProRes encode and decode on macOS
57
muxide
experimentalv0.2.5
Minimal-dependency pure-Rust MP4 muxer for recording applications. Includes CLI tool and library API.
Core Metrics
| oxideav-bitstream | videotoolbox | muxide | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 60 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 171 | 369 | 4.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 1.7K |
| Dependents | 5 | 29 | 16 |
| Releases | 1 | 23 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 20d ago | 5d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 20d | 10d | 5m |
Health Breakdown
oxideav-bitstream
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
videotoolbox
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
muxide
Maintenance
19
Quality
10
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| oxideav-bitstream | videotoolbox | muxide | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.1 | 0.18.0 | 0.2.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 59KB | 64KB | 1.0MB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.80 | 1.76 | 1.74 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •videotoolbox leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •muxide has the most downloads (4.9K), suggesting wider adoption.