Decision Workspace
pixl-gen vs flow-pixl vs plakat
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
pixl-gen
experimentalv0.1.14
Local diffusion image generation backend (SDXL + LoRA on candle). Trait-decoupled; backend (Metal/CUDA/CPU) chosen at build time.
53
flow-pixl
experimentalv0.1.14
Local pixel-art generator: SDXL + a pixel-art LoRA, snapped to true pixel art (Metal/CUDA/CPU).
50
plakat
experimentalv2.6.0
Local text-to-image CLI on candle: 7 model families, LoRA, ControlNet, style transfer (InstantStyle), img2img/inpaint/outpaint, upscale, smart background removal, AnimateDiff
Core Metrics
| pixl-gen | flow-pixl | plakat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 53 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 304 | 252 | 1.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 15 | 15 | 72 |
| Last Updated | 26d ago | 26d ago | today |
| Age | 28d | 28d | 1m |
Health Breakdown
pixl-gen
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
flow-pixl
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
plakat
Maintenance
16
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| pixl-gen | flow-pixl | plakat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.14 | 0.1.14 | 2.6.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Unlicense |
| Dependencies | 11 | 14 | 47 |
| Crate Size | 34KB | 60KB | 2.2MB |
| Features | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pixl-gen leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •plakat has the most downloads (1.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •pixl-gen, flow-pixl are pre-1.0 — API may change.