Decision Workspace
prakash vs arctk vs rpt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
prakash
experimentalv1.2.0
Optics and light simulation — ray optics, wave optics, spectral math, lens geometry, atmospheric scattering, physically-based rendering
55
arctk
growingv2.0.10
Numerical simulations of physical systems
35
rpt
growingv0.2.1
Physically-based path tracing renderer written in Rust
Core Metrics
| prakash | arctk | rpt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 55 | 35 |
| Total Downloads | 507 | 115.9K | 8.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 12 | 50 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 77 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 57d ago | 1162d ago | 1914d ago |
| Age | 2m | 5y 8m | 5y 5m |
Health Breakdown
prakash
Maintenance
13
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
arctk
Maintenance
7
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
rpt
Maintenance
3
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| prakash | arctk | rpt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.0 | 2.0.10 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 11 | 15 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 159KB | 43KB | 8.6MB |
| Features | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| 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.
- •arctk has the most downloads (115.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ arctk, rpt have not been updated in over a year.
- •rpt is pre-1.0 — API may change.