Decision Workspace
pmetal-mlx-sys vs mlx-rs vs mlx-macros
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
pmetal-mlx-sys
experimentalv0.2.4
pmetal-maintained fork of mlx-sys: low-level interface and binding generation for the mlx library
58
mlx-rs
growingv0.25.3
Unofficial rust wrapper for Apple's mlx machine learning library.
57
mlx-macros
growingv0.25.3
Procedural macros for mlx-rs
Core Metrics
| pmetal-mlx-sys | mlx-rs | mlx-macros | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 58 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 478 | 11.4K | 12.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 479 | 2.0K | 3.7K |
| Dependents | 95 | 71 | 25 |
| Releases | 4 | 12 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 27d ago | 101d ago | 101d ago |
| Age | 29d | 1y 8m | 1y 8m |
Health Breakdown
pmetal-mlx-sys
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
mlx-rs
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
mlx-macros
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| pmetal-mlx-sys | mlx-rs | mlx-macros | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.4 | 0.25.3 | 0.25.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 21 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 177KB | 174KB | 4KB |
| Features | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mlx-rs leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mlx-macros has the most downloads (12.1K), suggesting wider adoption.