Decision Workspace
sunshine-tray vs system-tray vs windowing_qt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
sunshine-tray
growingv1.0.2
A simple tray icon that shows the current status of sunshine as well as provided the ability to quickly start, stop or configure Sunshine
57
system-tray
growingv0.8.6
Async `StatusNotifierItem` and `DBusMenu` client for custom tray implementations.
55
windowing_qt
experimentalv0.17.5
Implementation of windowing_api using QT Framework
Core Metrics
| sunshine-tray | system-tray | windowing_qt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 57 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 4.0K | 35.7K | 686 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.8K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 20 | 7 |
| Releases | 3 | 15 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 1259d ago | 17d ago | 7d ago |
| Age | 3y 5m | 2y 9m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
sunshine-tray
Maintenance
4
Quality
19
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
system-tray
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
windowing_qt
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| sunshine-tray | system-tray | windowing_qt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.2 | 0.8.6 | 0.17.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 11 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 37KB | 85KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •system-tray leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ sunshine-tray has not been updated in over a year.
- •system-tray, windowing_qt are pre-1.0 — API may change.