Decision Workspace
uhd-sys vs soapysdr vs vmcircbuffer
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
uhd-sys
growingv0.1.3
Low-level bindings to the UHD (USRP Hardware Driver) library, which provides support for Ettus Research / National Instruments Universal Software Radio Peripheral devices
60
soapysdr
growingv0.5.0
Library wrapping SoapySDR, a hardware abstraction layer for many software defined radio devices, including rtl-sdr, HackRF, USRP, LimeSDR, BladeRF, and Airspy.
58
vmcircbuffer
growingv0.0.13
Double Mapped Circular Buffer
Core Metrics
| uhd-sys | soapysdr | vmcircbuffer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 60 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 6.9K | 76.1K | 31.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 177 | 3.5K | 1.1K |
| Dependents | 4 | 163 | 45 |
| Releases | 4 | 13 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 589d ago | 22d ago | today |
| Age | 5y 3m | 7y 4m | 4y 6m |
Health Breakdown
uhd-sys
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
soapysdr
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
vmcircbuffer
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| uhd-sys | soapysdr | vmcircbuffer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 0.5.0 | 0.0.13 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | BSL-1.0 OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 24KB | 30KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •soapysdr leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •soapysdr is depended on by 163 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ uhd-sys has not been updated in over a year.