Decision Workspace
rmlx vs bitnet-metal vs metal-candle
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
rmlx
experimentalv0.1.0
High-performance ML inference framework for Apple Silicon (Metal GPU)
54
bitnet-metal
growingv1.0.0
Metal GPU acceleration for BitNet on Apple Silicon
54
metal-candle
experimentalv1.3.0
Production-quality Rust ML crate for Apple Silicon - LoRA training, inference, and text generation using Candle with Metal backend
Core Metrics
| rmlx | bitnet-metal | metal-candle | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 54 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 17 | 2.2K | 487 |
| 30d Downloads | 17 | 29 | 23 |
| Dependents | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 11d ago | 209d ago | 99d ago |
| Age | 11d | 8m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
rmlx
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
bitnet-metal
Maintenance
11
Quality
18
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
metal-candle
Maintenance
15
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| rmlx | bitnet-metal | metal-candle | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.0.0 | 1.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 16 | 26 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 63KB | 365KB |
| Features | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.75 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •bitnet-metal leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rmlx is pre-1.0 — API may change.