Decision Workspace
portmidi vs wmidi vs midir
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
portmidi
growingv0.3.0
High-level PortMidi bindings for Rust
62
wmidi
stablev4.0.11
Midi parsing library.
59
midir
growingv0.11.0
A cross-platform, realtime MIDI processing library, inspired by RtMidi.
Core Metrics
| portmidi | wmidi | midir | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 62 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 55.6K | 121.2K | 527.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 4.8K | 47.1K |
| Dependents | 10 | 61 | 1.0K |
| Releases | 19 | 27 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 1065d ago | 55d ago | 55d ago |
| Age | 11y 5m | 8y 5m | 10y 10m |
Health Breakdown
portmidi
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
wmidi
Maintenance
15
Quality
22
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
midir
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| portmidi | wmidi | midir | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 4.0.11 | 0.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 29KB | 50KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •wmidi leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •midir has the most downloads (527.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •midir is depended on by 1.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ portmidi has not been updated in over a year.
- •portmidi, midir are pre-1.0 — API may change.