Decision Workspace
tdorr vs hvac-transcoder vs ff-pipeline
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
tdorr
experimentalv5.1.1
GPU-accelerated media transcoding that I could figure out
51
hvac-transcoder
experimentalv5.4.0
GPU-accelerated media transcoder (HEVC/h265 via NVENC, VAAPI, VideoToolbox). Single-binary Tdarr alternative.
51
ff-pipeline
experimentalv0.14.3
Unified decode-filter-encode pipeline for the ff-* crate family
Core Metrics
| tdorr | hvac-transcoder | ff-pipeline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 51 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 61 | 72 | 477 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Releases | 4 | 5 | 23 |
| Last Updated | 42d ago | 11d ago | 21d ago |
| Age | 2m | 13d | 2m |
Health Breakdown
tdorr
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
hvac-transcoder
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
ff-pipeline
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| tdorr | hvac-transcoder | ff-pipeline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 5.1.1 | 5.4.0 | 0.14.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 11 | 13 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 45KB | 176KB | 39KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.93 | 1.93.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •hvac-transcoder leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ff-pipeline has the most downloads (477), suggesting wider adoption.
- •ff-pipeline is pre-1.0 — API may change.