Decision Workspace
polarbear vs lushell vs ironbar
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
polarbear
experimentalv0.5.1
Polar bears' panel for wayland
46
lushell
experimentalv0.2.6
Lua scripted gtk layer-shell widgets
45
ironbar
growingv0.18.0
Customisable GTK Layer Shell wlroots/sway bar
Core Metrics
| polarbear | lushell | ironbar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 46 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 3.9K | 73 | 29.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 10 | 74 | 109 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 321d ago | 25d ago | 100d ago |
| Age | 10m | 29d | 3y 7m |
Health Breakdown
polarbear
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
lushell
Maintenance
15
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
ironbar
Maintenance
14
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| polarbear | lushell | ironbar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.1 | 0.2.6 | 0.18.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-only | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 13 | 23 | 44 |
| Crate Size | 53KB | 149KB | 309KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.7% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •polarbear leads with a health score of 47/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ironbar has the most downloads (29.5K), suggesting wider adoption.