Decision Workspace
rtmidi vs midir vs opensound
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
rtmidi
growingv0.2.0
Safe wrapper for RtMidi, realtime MIDI input/output
57
midir
growingv0.10.3
A cross-platform, realtime MIDI processing library, inspired by RtMidi.
42
opensound
growingv0.0.6
(WIP)A One-Stop Multi-Level SoundSystem Abstraction, suitable for being a solid foundation for Pro-Audio Applications(e.g. a DAW) or other sound related apps.
Core Metrics
| rtmidi | midir | opensound | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 57 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 3.2K | 416.3K | 7.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 31.7K | 9 |
| Dependents | 0 | 807 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 20 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 1804d ago | 151d ago | 726d ago |
| Age | 5y | 10y 7m | 2y 1m |
Health Breakdown
rtmidi
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
midir
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
opensound
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| rtmidi | midir | opensound | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.10.3 | 0.0.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 39KB | 30KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •midir leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •midir is depended on by 807 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rtmidi, opensound have not been updated in over a year.