Decision Workspace
pnte vs native-windows-canvas vs slint
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
pnte
growingv0.3.3
2D Graphics library for Windows in Rust
36
native-windows-canvas
growingv0.0.1
A low level Direct2D wrapper for native-windows-gui
78
slint
stablev1.17.1
GUI toolkit to efficiently develop fluid graphical user interfaces for embedded devices and desktop applications
Core Metrics
| pnte | native-windows-canvas | slint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 36 | 78 |
| Total Downloads | 13.5K | 1.8K | 1.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 88.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 522 |
| Releases | 13 | 1 | 50 |
| Last Updated | 304d ago | 2121d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 2y 7m | 5y 9m | 4y 5m |
Health Breakdown
pnte
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
native-windows-canvas
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
slint
Maintenance
22
Quality
19
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| pnte | native-windows-canvas | slint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.3 | 0.0.1 | 1.17.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Slint-Royalty-free-2.0 OR LicenseRef-Slint-Software-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| Crate Size | 322KB | 1KB | 111KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.92 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •slint leads with a health score of 78/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •slint is depended on by 522 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ native-windows-canvas has not been updated in over a year.
- •pnte, native-windows-canvas are pre-1.0 — API may change.