Decision Workspace
thormotion vs ethercrab vs rsruckig
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
thormotion
growingv0.4.2
A cross-platform motion control library for Thorlabs systems, written in Rust.
58
ethercrab
growingv0.7.1
A pure Rust EtherCAT MainDevice supporting std and no_std environments
58
rsruckig
stablev2.1.3
Ruckig motion planning library for Rust
Core Metrics
| thormotion | ethercrab | rsruckig | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 58 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 1.1K | 48.2K | 55.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.6K | 3.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| Releases | 4 | 29 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 201d ago | 63d ago | 148d ago |
| Age | 1y 2m | 3y 4m | 2y 5m |
Health Breakdown
thormotion
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
ethercrab
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
rsruckig
Maintenance
12
Quality
22
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| thormotion | ethercrab | rsruckig | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.2 | 0.7.1 | 2.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 47 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 33KB | 456KB | 56KB |
| Features | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ethercrab leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rsruckig has the most downloads (55.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •thormotion, ethercrab are pre-1.0 — API may change.