Decision Workspace
stockfish vs rustengine vs bitboard_chess_engine
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
stockfish
experimentalv0.2.11
Light, easy-to-use wrapper for the Stockfish engine
54
rustengine
stablev1.0.60
Rust bitboard multi variant uci chess analysis engine.
51
bitboard_chess_engine
experimentalv0.1.9
A chess engine with UCI support
Core Metrics
| stockfish | rustengine | bitboard_chess_engine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 54 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 7.1K | 69.1K | 371 |
| 30d Downloads | 106 | 61 | 13 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 15 | 57 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 300d ago | 2142d ago | 124d ago |
| Age | 10m | 5y 10m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
stockfish
Maintenance
15
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
rustengine
Maintenance
13
Quality
20
Community
3
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
bitboard_chess_engine
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| stockfish | rustengine | bitboard_chess_engine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.11 | 1.0.60 | 0.1.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 30KB | 79KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rustengine leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ rustengine has not been updated in over a year.
- •stockfish, bitboard_chess_engine are pre-1.0 — API may change.