Decision Workspace
rockchip-npu vs rknn-runtime vs ai-hwaccel
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
rockchip-npu
experimentalv0.2.1
Low-level device layer for Rockchip NPUs
51
rknn-runtime
experimentalv0.1.1
Rust bindings for RKNN NPU inference on Rockchip SoCs (RV1106, RK3588, etc.)
61
ai-hwaccel
experimentalv1.2.0
Universal AI hardware accelerator detection, capability querying, and workload planning for Rust
Core Metrics
| rockchip-npu | rknn-runtime | ai-hwaccel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 51 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 258 | 163 | 2.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 4 | 8 | 55 |
| Releases | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 4d ago | 108d ago | 50d ago |
| Age | 29d | 3m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
rockchip-npu
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
rknn-runtime
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
ai-hwaccel
Maintenance
13
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| rockchip-npu | rknn-runtime | ai-hwaccel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 0.1.1 | 1.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | GPL-3.0-only |
| Dependencies | 10 | 2 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 79KB | 26KB | 232KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.89 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ai-hwaccel leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rockchip-npu, rknn-runtime are pre-1.0 — API may change.