Decision Workspace
splitstream vs whispercpp vs hoover
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
splitstream
experimentalv0.1.9
Real-time (local & cloud) simultaneous microphone and system audio transcription for macOS.
50
whispercpp
experimentalv0.2.1
Safe Rust bindings for whisper.cpp speech recognition. Bundled patched build with memory-safety hardening, exception-catching FFI shim, and Send + Sync types.
39
hoover
experimentalv0.1.0
Continuous audio transcription and dictation tool with speaker identification, GPU acceleration, and AI assistant integration
Core Metrics
| splitstream | whispercpp | hoover | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 50 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 151 | 223 | 31 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 13d ago | 17d ago | 86d ago |
| Age | 16d | 19d | 2m |
Health Breakdown
splitstream
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
whispercpp
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
hoover
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| splitstream | whispercpp | hoover | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.9 | 0.2.1 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 21 | 6 | 32 |
| Crate Size | 1.1MB | 107KB | 94KB |
| Features | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.95 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •whispercpp leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.