Decision Workspace
waterkit-location vs locationsharing vs geoclue
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
waterkit-location
experimentalv0.1.0
Cross-platform location and GPS services
36
locationsharing
growingv0.1.2
A wrapper for the Google Location Sharing API
36
geoclue
growingv0.3.0
Rust bindings to the Geoclue geolocation library
Core Metrics
| waterkit-location | locationsharing | geoclue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 36 | 36 |
| Total Downloads | 25 | 3.7K | 6.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 10 | 4 | 9 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 34d ago | 2550d ago | 1643d ago |
| Age | 1m | 7y | 4y 7m |
Health Breakdown
waterkit-location
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
locationsharing
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
geoclue
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| waterkit-location | locationsharing | geoclue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.2 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 6KB | 72KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •waterkit-location leads with a health score of 41/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •geoclue has the most downloads (6.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ locationsharing, geoclue have not been updated in over a year.