Decision Workspace
accursed vs curses vs libnotcurses-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
30
accursed
growingv0.1.0
A correct curses-based terminal library, with unicode support
30
curses
growingv0.1.0
ANSI escape sequence abstration library and also capable of basic shapes and colors in the terminal.
61
libnotcurses-sys
growingv3.11.0
Low-level Rust bindings for the notcurses C library.
Core Metrics
| accursed | curses | libnotcurses-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 30 | 30 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 1.3K | 1.8K | 167.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 2 | 5 | 335 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Releases | 1 | 1 | 129 |
| Last Updated | 1108d ago | 1583d ago | 540d ago |
| Age | 3y | 4y 4m | 6y 2m |
Health Breakdown
accursed
Maintenance
1
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
curses
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
7
libnotcurses-sys
Maintenance
8
Quality
20
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| accursed | curses | libnotcurses-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.0 | 3.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | CC0-1.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 3KB | 210KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 100.0% | 0.0% | 3.9% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.65.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libnotcurses-sys leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ accursed, curses, libnotcurses-sys have not been updated in over a year.
- •accursed, curses are pre-1.0 — API may change.