Decision Workspace
polsim vs polarization vs prakash
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
32
polsim
growingv0.1.2
CLI application for polarization simulations
33
polarization
growingv0.2.0
Simulate the polarization of a laser beam
55
prakash
experimentalv1.1.0
Optics and light simulation — ray optics, wave optics, spectral math, lens geometry, atmospheric scattering, physically-based rendering
Core Metrics
| polsim | polarization | prakash | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 32 | 33 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 3.7K | 11.0K | 75 |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 30 | 75 |
| Dependents | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Releases | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 2410d ago | 2410d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 6y 7m | 7y 6m | 4d |
Health Breakdown
polsim
Maintenance
3
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
polarization
Maintenance
3
Quality
10
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
prakash
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| polsim | polarization | prakash | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.2.0 | 1.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 4 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 808KB | 23KB | 159KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 14.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | — | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.89 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •prakash leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •polarization has the most downloads (11.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ polsim, polarization have not been updated in over a year.
- •polsim, polarization are pre-1.0 — API may change.