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periphery vs rppal vs rpi-pal
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
periphery
growingv0.1.0
A Rust library for peripheral I/O (GPIO, PWM, SPI, I2C, MMIO) in Linux.
59
rppal
growingv0.22.1
Interface for the Raspberry Pi's GPIO, I2C, PWM, SPI and UART peripherals.
57
rpi-pal
experimentalv0.22.3
Interface for the Raspberry Pi's GPIO, I2C, PWM, SPI and UART peripherals.
Core Metrics
| periphery | rppal | rpi-pal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 59 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 3.3K | 866.9K | 1.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 90.4K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 785 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 36 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 2346d ago | 531d ago | 70d ago |
| Age | 6y 6m | 9y 2m | 10m |
Health Breakdown
periphery
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
rppal
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
rpi-pal
Maintenance
15
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| periphery | rppal | rpi-pal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.22.1 | 0.22.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 86KB | 87KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.60 | 1.60 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rppal leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rppal is depended on by 785 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ periphery, rppal have not been updated in over a year.