Decision Workspace
polybar-mpris-watcher-rs vs rescrobbled vs empress
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
polybar-mpris-watcher-rs
growingv1.1.2
A good music status display for polybar
48
rescrobbled
growingv0.9.0
MPRIS music scrobbler daemon
46
empress
growingv3.0.3
A D-Bus MPRIS daemon for controlling media players.
Core Metrics
| polybar-mpris-watcher-rs | rescrobbled | empress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 48 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7K | 17.4K | 29.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 11 | 128 | 27 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| Last Updated | 236d ago | 19d ago | 253d ago |
| Age | 8m | 4y 10m | 5y |
Health Breakdown
polybar-mpris-watcher-rs
Maintenance
13
Quality
18
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
rescrobbled
Maintenance
17
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
empress
Maintenance
9
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| polybar-mpris-watcher-rs | rescrobbled | empress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.2 | 0.9.0 | 3.0.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| Crate Size | 21KB | 40KB | 72KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 6.7% | 14.8% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •polybar-mpris-watcher-rs leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •empress has the most downloads (29.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rescrobbled is pre-1.0 — API may change.