Decision Workspace
variant-rs vs com_ptr vs winsafe
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
variant-rs
growingv0.4.0
VARIANT support for Rust. Clean, idiomatic handling of WinAPI/COM results.
40
com_ptr
growingv0.2.1
A smart pointer for Windows COM Interfaces
63
winsafe
growingv0.0.27
Windows API and GUI in safe, idiomatic Rust.
Core Metrics
| variant-rs | com_ptr | winsafe | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 40 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 33.9K | 11.7K | 31.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 1.2K | 41 | 3.0M |
| Dependents | 3 | 27 | 52 |
| Releases | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| Last Updated | 784d ago | 1856d ago | 85d ago |
| Age | 3y 8m | 6y 9m | 6y 5m |
Health Breakdown
variant-rs
Maintenance
5
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
com_ptr
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
winsafe
Maintenance
14
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| variant-rs | com_ptr | winsafe | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 0.2.1 | 0.0.27 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 8KB | 596KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •winsafe leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ variant-rs, com_ptr have not been updated in over a year.