Decision Workspace
wiard vs winsafe vs native-windows-gui
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
wiard
growingv0.8.1
Window handling library for Windows in Rust
63
winsafe
growingv0.0.27
Windows API and GUI in safe, idiomatic Rust.
49
native-windows-gui
growingv1.0.13
A rust library to develop native GUI applications on the desktop for Microsoft Windows. Native-windows-gui wraps the native win32 window controls in a rustic API
Core Metrics
| wiard | winsafe | native-windows-gui | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 63 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 24.4K | 31.4M | 1.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 103 | 3.0M | 99.5K |
| Dependents | 22 | 52 | 76 |
| Releases | 31 | 27 | 18 |
| Last Updated | 13d ago | 85d ago | 1299d ago |
| Age | 2y 4m | 6y 5m | 9y 5m |
Health Breakdown
wiard
Maintenance
18
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
winsafe
Maintenance
14
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
native-windows-gui
Maintenance
4
Quality
18
Community
8
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| wiard | winsafe | native-windows-gui | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.1 | 0.0.27 | 1.0.13 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 15 | 0 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 63KB | 596KB | 337KB |
| Features | 2 | 20 | 41 |
| Yanked % | 3.2% | 0.0% | 5.6% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| 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.
- •⚠ native-windows-gui has not been updated in over a year.
- •wiard, winsafe are pre-1.0 — API may change.