Decision Workspace
rust-pathtracer vs rayx vs rednoise
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
rust-pathtracer
growingv0.2.4
A principled BSDF pathtracer with an abstracted backend. Perfect for rendering procedural content.
52
rayx
experimentalv0.2.0
Fast ray intersection using Baldwin-Weber algorithm
49
rednoise
experimentalv0.2.1
Safe Rust bindings for the RedNoise CPU software renderer (wireframe, rasteriser, ray tracer, path tracer). Builds the C++ engine from source.
Core Metrics
| rust-pathtracer | rayx | rednoise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 52 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 11.3K | 83 | 66 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 936d ago | 95d ago | 9d ago |
| Age | 3y 7m | 3m | 9d |
Health Breakdown
rust-pathtracer
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
rayx
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
rednoise
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| rust-pathtracer | rayx | rednoise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.4 | 0.2.0 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 1.2MB | 13KB | 375KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rayx leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rust-pathtracer has the most downloads (11.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ rust-pathtracer has not been updated in over a year.