Decision Workspace
ai-shell vs bashelp vs caro
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
ai-shell
experimentalv0.1.2
A CLI tool that turns natural language into shell commands!
38
bashelp
experimentalv0.1.0
Natural language to shell commands. Local-first, provider agnostic.
56
caro
stablev1.1.3
Convert natural language to shell commands using local LLMs
Core Metrics
| ai-shell | bashelp | caro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 38 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 2.1K | 21 | 3.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 3 | 100 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Releases | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 343d ago | 81d ago | 71d ago |
| Age | 11m | 2m | 3y 2m |
Health Breakdown
ai-shell
Maintenance
9
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
bashelp
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
caro
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| ai-shell | bashelp | caro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.1.0 | 1.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 12 | 51 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 26KB | 248KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.83 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •caro leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ai-shell, bashelp are pre-1.0 — API may change.