Decision Workspace
rxscreen vs crabture vs rot8
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
rxscreen
growingv0.1.7
A wrapper around libx11 to capture screenshots and save them
48
crabture
experimentalv0.2.3
Standalone Linux screenshot tool — no external dependencies required. Supports X11 and Wayland.
43
rot8
growingv1.0.0
automatic display rotation using built-in accelerometer
Core Metrics
| rxscreen | crabture | rot8 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 48 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 21.0K | 878 | 12.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.3K | 30 | 48 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 768d ago | 27d ago | 905d ago |
| Age | 5y | 6m | 6y 7m |
Health Breakdown
rxscreen
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
crabture
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
rot8
Maintenance
4
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rxscreen | crabture | rot8 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.7 | 0.2.3 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-only | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 12 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 50KB | 13KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •crabture leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rxscreen has the most downloads (21.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ rxscreen, rot8 have not been updated in over a year.
- •rxscreen, crabture are pre-1.0 — API may change.