opencl-sys

v0.6.1 Growing

OpenCL C FFI bindings for the Rust programming language.

Apache-2.0 Edition 2024

API bindings Asynchronous External FFI bindings No standard library #ffi#api#opencl#gpu#gpgpu

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Quick Verdict

!Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
✓Tiny footprint (55KB, 1 deps)
✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

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Downloads

316.8K

Dependents

Releases

Size

55KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

180.3K downloads in the last 30 days (6.0K/day), up 3935% from the previous period.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 61 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 8+ years old, opencl-sys hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include cl3, blaze-rs, zyx-opencl, linen-core, linen. When high-quality crates choose opencl-sys, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 8/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 19/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days

2K/day avg+514%

Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on opencl-sys

Version Adoption

v0.2.9

69%

v0.6.1

13%

v0.2.4

10%

v0.6.0

v0.2.8

Release Timeline

17 releasessince 2017

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Feature Flags

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