Decision Workspace
sgp4-rs vs space-dust vs sgp4
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
sgp4-rs
growingv0.4.1
Rust wrapper around the Vallado SGP-4 orbital propagator.
48
space-dust
experimentalv0.1.0
A comprehensive astrodynamics library for satellite tracking, orbital mechanics, coordinate transformations, and celestial calculations
60
sgp4
stablev2.4.0
A pure Rust implementation of the SGP4 algorithm for satellite propagation
Core Metrics
| sgp4-rs | space-dust | sgp4 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 48 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 27.8K | 93 | 162.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 907 | 42 | 25.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 2 | 70 |
| Releases | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 605d ago | 72d ago | 32d ago |
| Age | 5y 6m | 2m | 5y 8m |
Health Breakdown
sgp4-rs
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
space-dust
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
sgp4
Maintenance
16
Quality
17
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| sgp4-rs | space-dust | sgp4 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1 | 0.1.0 | 2.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 49KB | 57KB | 103KB |
| Features | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.7% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 4 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sgp4 leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ sgp4-rs has not been updated in over a year.
- •sgp4-rs, space-dust are pre-1.0 — API may change.