Decision Workspace
polarization vs polsim vs prakash
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
polarization
growingv0.2.0
Simulate the polarization of a laser beam
32
polsim
growingv0.1.2
CLI application for polarization simulations
58
prakash
experimentalv1.2.0
Optics and light simulation — ray optics, wave optics, spectral math, lens geometry, atmospheric scattering, physically-based rendering
Core Metrics
| polarization | polsim | prakash | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 32 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 11.0K | 3.7K | 507 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Releases | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 2469d ago | 2469d ago | 57d ago |
| Age | 7y 8m | 6y 9m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
polarization
Maintenance
3
Quality
10
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
polsim
Maintenance
3
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
prakash
Maintenance
13
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| polarization | polsim | prakash | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.2 | 1.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-only |
| Dependencies | 4 | 10 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 23KB | 808KB | 159KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Yanked % | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | — | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.89 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •prakash leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •polarization has the most downloads (11.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ polarization, polsim have not been updated in over a year.
- •polarization, polsim are pre-1.0 — API may change.