Decision Workspace
st7701 vs sky-ili9341 vs hd44780-driver
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
st7701
experimentalv1.0.0
no_std driver for the Sitronix ST7701 / ST7701S RGB-DPI panel controller (bit-banged 9-bit 3-wire SPI init over embedded-hal).
47
sky-ili9341
experimentalv0.1.1
A high-performance, async-ready ILI9341 TFT display driver for embedded Rust
45
hd44780-driver
growingv0.4.0
A crate to use HD44780 compliant displays with embedded-hal
Core Metrics
| st7701 | sky-ili9341 | hd44780-driver | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 47 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 18 | 39 | 84.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 1.3K |
| Dependents | 2 | 0 | 89 |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | 86d ago | 2078d ago |
| Age | 7d | 2m | 7y 9m |
Health Breakdown
st7701
Maintenance
13
Quality
18
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
sky-ili9341
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
hd44780-driver
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| st7701 | sky-ili9341 | hd44780-driver | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 0.1.1 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 16KB | 2.1MB |
| Features | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •st7701 leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •hd44780-driver has the most downloads (84.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ hd44780-driver has not been updated in over a year.
- •sky-ili9341, hd44780-driver are pre-1.0 — API may change.