Decision Workspace
pitchy vs rustysynth vs midir
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
pitchy
experimentalv0.2.0
Minimalistic Rust library for working with frequencies (Hz), MIDI numbers, musical notes, and pitch operations like transposition and octave shifts.
59
rustysynth
growingv1.3.6
A SoundFont MIDI synthesizer written in pure Rust
57
midir
growingv0.10.3
A cross-platform, realtime MIDI processing library, inspired by RtMidi.
Core Metrics
| pitchy | rustysynth | midir | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 59 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 2.7K | 59.4K | 416.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 170 | 2.6K | 30.8K |
| Dependents | 7 | 92 | 807 |
| Releases | 4 | 17 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 301d ago | 229d ago | 151d ago |
| Age | 10m | 3y 2m | 10y 7m |
Health Breakdown
pitchy
Maintenance
8
Quality
11
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
rustysynth
Maintenance
9
Quality
21
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
midir
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| pitchy | rustysynth | midir | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 1.3.6 | 0.10.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 36KB | 39KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 25.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rustysynth leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •midir has the most downloads (416.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •midir is depended on by 807 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •pitchy, midir are pre-1.0 — API may change.