Decision Workspace
qhyccd-alpaca vs qhyccd-rs vs ascom-alpaca
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
qhyccd-alpaca
growingv0.1.2
ASCOM Alpaca driver for QHYCCD cameras and filter wheels.
57
qhyccd-rs
growingv0.1.9
Rust bindings for the QHYCCD SDK. This crate provides a safe interface to the QHYCCD SDK for controlling QHYCCD cameras, filter wheels and focusers. The libqhyccd-sys crate provides the raw FFI bindings. It uses tracing for logging and eyre for error handling.
56
ascom-alpaca
stablev1.0.0-beta.10
Rust implementation of the ASCOM Alpaca API for astronomy devices
Core Metrics
| qhyccd-alpaca | qhyccd-rs | ascom-alpaca | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 57 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 3.4K | 12.9K | 17.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 296 | 602 |
| Dependents | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Releases | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 446d ago | 68d ago | 73d ago |
| Age | 2y 2m | 2y 5m | 2y 10m |
Health Breakdown
qhyccd-alpaca
Maintenance
6
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
qhyccd-rs
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
ascom-alpaca
Maintenance
14
Quality
19
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| qhyccd-alpaca | qhyccd-rs | ascom-alpaca | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.1.9 | 1.0.0-beta.10 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 17 | 12 | 41 |
| Crate Size | 42KB | 72KB | 117KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.68.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Links
Quick Verdict
- •qhyccd-rs leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ascom-alpaca has the most downloads (17.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ qhyccd-alpaca has not been updated in over a year.
- •qhyccd-alpaca, qhyccd-rs are pre-1.0 — API may change.