Decision Workspace
waycap-rs vs lamco-pipewire vs lamco-wayland
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
waycap-rs
growingv2.1.2
High-level Wayland screen capture library with hardware-accelerated encoding
62
lamco-pipewire
experimentalv0.4.0
High-performance PipeWire screen capture for Wayland with DMA-BUF support, by Lamco Development
61
lamco-wayland
experimentalv0.4.1
Wayland screen capture, XDG Portal integration, and video processing for Rust, by Lamco Development
Core Metrics
| waycap-rs | lamco-pipewire | lamco-wayland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 62 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 6.2K | 550 | 411 |
| 30d Downloads | 44 | 236 | 184 |
| Dependents | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Releases | 16 | 13 | 16 |
| Last Updated | 132d ago | 1d ago | today |
| Age | 10m | 3m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
waycap-rs
Maintenance
13
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
lamco-pipewire
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
lamco-wayland
Maintenance
20
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| waycap-rs | lamco-pipewire | lamco-wayland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.1.2 | 0.4.0 | 0.4.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 17 | 13 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 48KB | 96KB | 22KB |
| Features | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 18.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lamco-pipewire leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •waycap-rs has the most downloads (6.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •lamco-pipewire, lamco-wayland are pre-1.0 — API may change.