Decision Workspace
win-native-media vs windows-capture vs dxgi-capture-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
win-native-media
experimentalv0.1.1
Native Windows media capture, encode, record, and stream pipeline. WGC → H.264 → MP4/RTMP, no FFmpeg.
63
windows-capture
stablev2.0.0
Fastest Windows Screen Capture Library For Rust 🔥
58
dxgi-capture-rs
stablev1.2.2
High-performance screen capturing with DXGI Desktop Duplication API for Windows in Rust
Core Metrics
| win-native-media | windows-capture | dxgi-capture-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 63 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 74 | 490.8K | 5.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 89.0K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 61 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | 90d ago | 97d ago |
| Age | 7d | 2y 9m | 1y |
Health Breakdown
win-native-media
Maintenance
14
Quality
7
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
windows-capture
Maintenance
14
Quality
19
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
dxgi-capture-rs
Maintenance
14
Quality
19
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| win-native-media | windows-capture | dxgi-capture-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 2.0.0 | 1.2.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 68KB | 56KB | 31KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.89 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •windows-capture leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •win-native-media is pre-1.0 — API may change.