Decision Workspace
rusty_h264 vs rust_h264 vs media-codec-h264
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
rusty_h264
experimentalv0.2.1
A ground-up, pure-Rust H.264 encoder and decoder. Decoder bit-exact vs Cisco openh264 (Baseline + B-slices + most of High profile); encoder bit-exact vs ffmpeg. forbid(unsafe) codec core; optional vendored openh264 SIMD asm (on by default — `--no-default-features` for pure safe Rust). BSD-2.
47
rust_h264
experimentalv0.4.0
Pure Rust H.264/AVC video decoder
50
media-codec-h264
experimentalv0.1.1
An H.264 decoder implementation for media-codec
Core Metrics
| rusty_h264 | rust_h264 | media-codec-h264 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 47 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 241 | 3.3K | 313 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 2.4K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Releases | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 12d ago | 84d ago | 102d ago |
| Age | 16d | 3m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
rusty_h264
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
rust_h264
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
media-codec-h264
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| rusty_h264 | rust_h264 | media-codec-h264 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 0.4.0 | 0.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 168KB | 36KB |
| Features | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.80 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rusty_h264 leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rust_h264 has the most downloads (3.3K), suggesting wider adoption.