Decision Workspace
ansi-align vs tabular vs print-positions
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
ansi-align
experimentalv0.2.2
Text alignment library with ANSI escape sequence and Unicode support
47
tabular
growingv0.2.0
Plain text tables, aligned automatically
47
print-positions
growingv0.6.1
A library providing string segmentation on grapheme clusters and ANSI escape sequences for accurate length arithmetic based on visible print positions.
Core Metrics
| ansi-align | tabular | print-positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 47 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 1.2K | 2.5M | 651.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 216.7K | 73.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 250 | 53 |
| Releases | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 201d ago | 1539d ago | 1131d ago |
| Age | 6m | 7y 6m | 3y 1m |
Health Breakdown
ansi-align
Maintenance
16
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
tabular
Maintenance
3
Quality
13
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
print-positions
Maintenance
10
Quality
9
Community
8
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| ansi-align | tabular | print-positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 0.2.0 | 0.6.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 23KB | 17KB | 13KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 16.7% | 80.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ansi-align leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tabular has the most downloads (2.5M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •tabular is depended on by 250 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tabular, print-positions have not been updated in over a year.