Decision Workspace
spice-sys vs brahe vs rsofa
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
spice-sys
growingv0.1.0
Thin wrapper for the C language implementation spice toolkit from NAIF
52
brahe
growingv1.2.0
Brahe is a modern satellite dynamics library for research and engineering applications designed to be easy-to-learn, high-performance, and quick-to-deploy. The north-star of the development is enabling users to solve meaningful problems and answer questions quickly, easily, and correctly.
43
rsofa
growingv0.5.0
Rust bindings of IAU SOFA C Library
Core Metrics
| spice-sys | brahe | rsofa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 52 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7K | 2.3K | 30.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 77 | 2.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Releases | 1 | 16 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 2161d ago | 6d ago | 828d ago |
| Age | 5y 11m | 2y 2m | 5y 9m |
Health Breakdown
spice-sys
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
brahe
Maintenance
19
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
rsofa
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| spice-sys | brahe | rsofa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.2.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 31 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 7.7MB | 348KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •brahe leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rsofa has the most downloads (30.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ spice-sys, rsofa have not been updated in over a year.
- •spice-sys, rsofa are pre-1.0 — API may change.