Decision Workspace
pmetal-core vs pmetal-metal vs pmetal-mlx
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
56
pmetal-core
experimentalv0.5.0
Core types, traits, and configuration for PMetal LLM fine-tuning
52
pmetal-metal
experimentalv0.5.0
Metal GPU compute kernels for PMetal - FlashAttention and optimized ML primitives
51
pmetal-mlx
experimentalv0.5.0
MLX backend implementation for PMetal LLM fine-tuning
Core Metrics
| pmetal-core | pmetal-metal | pmetal-mlx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 56 | 52 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 1.1K | 891 | 804 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 289 | 148 | 174 |
| Releases | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 17d ago | 17d ago | 17d ago |
| Age | 2m | 2m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
pmetal-core
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
13
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
pmetal-metal
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
12
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
pmetal-mlx
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
12
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| pmetal-core | pmetal-metal | pmetal-mlx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 22 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 42KB | 426KB | 218KB |
| Features | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.89 | 1.89 | 1.89 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pmetal-core leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pmetal-core is depended on by 289 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.