Decision Workspace
sofars vs sofa-sys vs mwalib
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
sofars
growingv0.6.0
Pure Rust implementation of the IAU SOFA library
34
sofa-sys
growingv2020.7.21-beta.2
Standards of Fundamental Astronomy (SOFA) Rust bindings
65
mwalib
stablev2.0.2
A library to simplify reading Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) raw visibilities, voltages and metadata.
Core Metrics
| sofars | sofa-sys | mwalib | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 34 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 8.0K | 4.7K | 82.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 355 | 259 | 218 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Releases | 22 | 2 | 61 |
| Last Updated | 29d ago | 1895d ago | 38d ago |
| Age | 1y | 5y 3m | 5y |
Health Breakdown
sofars
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
sofa-sys
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
7
mwalib
Maintenance
17
Quality
17
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| sofars | sofa-sys | mwalib | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 2020.7.21-beta.2 | 2.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | non-standard | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Crate Size | 265KB | 342KB | 439KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 50.0% | 4.9% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mwalib leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ sofa-sys has not been updated in over a year.
- •sofars is pre-1.0 — API may change.