Decision Workspace
splitstream vs whispercpp vs whisper-macos-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
splitstream
experimentalv0.1.9
Real-time (local & cloud) simultaneous microphone and system audio transcription for macOS.
47
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.
45
whisper-macos-cli
experimentalv0.1.2
Transcribe audio files locally on Apple Silicon via whisper.cpp with Metal GPU acceleration, exposing a strict stdin/stdout JSON contract for AI agents and Unix pipelines.
Core Metrics
| splitstream | whispercpp | whisper-macos-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 47 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 180 | 588 | 61 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 62d ago | 66d ago | 41d ago |
| Age | 2m | 2m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
splitstream
Maintenance
15
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
whispercpp
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
whisper-macos-cli
Maintenance
11
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| splitstream | whispercpp | whisper-macos-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.9 | 0.2.1 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 21 | 6 | 41 |
| Crate Size | 1.1MB | 107KB | 149KB |
| Features | 4 | 12 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.95 | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •whispercpp leads with a health score of 47/100, but none of the options score above 80.