Decision Workspace
candle-mps-flash-attention vs forge-sort vs bitnet-metal
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
candle-mps-flash-attention
experimentalv0.1.2
MPS Flash Attention for candle - O(N) memory attention on Apple Silicon
54
forge-sort
experimentalv0.2.3
GPU radix sort for Apple Silicon — 4,800+ Mkeys/s, 6 data types, zero-copy
52
bitnet-metal
growingv1.0.0
Metal GPU acceleration for BitNet on Apple Silicon
Core Metrics
| candle-mps-flash-attention | forge-sort | bitnet-metal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 54 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 68 | 68 | 2.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Releases | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 161d ago | 143d ago | 317d ago |
| Age | 5m | 4m | 12m |
Health Breakdown
candle-mps-flash-attention
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
forge-sort
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
bitnet-metal
Maintenance
9
Quality
18
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| candle-mps-flash-attention | forge-sort | bitnet-metal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.2.3 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 40KB | 63KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •forge-sort leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bitnet-metal has the most downloads (2.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •candle-mps-flash-attention, forge-sort are pre-1.0 — API may change.