Decision Workspace
rustfft vs realfft vs fft_rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
66
rustfft
growingv6.4.1
High-performance FFT library written in pure Rust.
61
realfft
growingv3.5.0
Real-to-complex forward FFT and complex-to-real inverse FFT for Rust
36
fft_rs
growingv0.1.0
Radix-2 Fast Fourier Transform Implementation in Rust
Core Metrics
| rustfft | realfft | fft_rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 66 | 61 | 36 |
| Total Downloads | 18.8M | 11.1M | 719 |
| 30d Downloads | 1.8M | 1.2M | 0 |
| Dependents | 3.4K | 800 | 0 |
| Releases | 25 | 17 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 250d ago | 347d ago | 401d ago |
| Age | 11y 4m | 5y 11m | 1y 1m |
Health Breakdown
rustfft
Maintenance
8
Quality
20
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
realfft
Maintenance
7
Quality
23
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
fft_rs
Maintenance
2
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| rustfft | realfft | fft_rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 6.4.1 | 3.5.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 337KB | 17KB | 4KB |
| Features | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.61 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rustfft leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rustfft is depended on by 3.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ fft_rs has not been updated in over a year.
- •fft_rs is pre-1.0 — API may change.