Decision Workspace
slimcap vs mcap vs mcap2vid
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
slimcap
experimentalv0.1.3
Streaming MCAP slimmer: auto-detects color image topics in robotics logs and re-encodes them to H.264 (or H.265) inside foxglove.CompressedVideo.
52
mcap
growingv0.24.0
A library for reading and writing MCAP files
43
mcap2vid
experimentalv0.3.2
Extract video from MCAP recordings with embedded ROS2 timestamps
Core Metrics
| slimcap | mcap | mcap2vid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 52 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 64 | 7.3M | 157 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 528.5K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 322 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 36 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 8d ago | 175d ago | 21d ago |
| Age | 27d | 3y 8m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
slimcap
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
mcap
Maintenance
11
Quality
8
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
mcap2vid
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| slimcap | mcap | mcap2vid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 0.24.0 | 0.3.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 10 | 28 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 33KB | 1.8MB | 68KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mcap leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mcap is depended on by 322 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.