Decision Workspace
ariel-rs vs mermaid-rs-renderer vs merman
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
ariel-rs
experimentalv0.4.0
A faithful Rust port of Mermaid JS — headless SVG diagram rendering without a browser
60
mermaid-rs-renderer
experimentalv0.2.2
Fast Mermaid diagram renderer in pure Rust - 23 diagram types, 100-1400x faster than mermaid-cli
59
merman
experimentalv0.5.0
Rust, headless Mermaid implementation (1:1 parity; pinned to mermaid@11.12.3).
Core Metrics
| ariel-rs | mermaid-rs-renderer | merman | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 60 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 129 | 13.2K | 1.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 6.3K | 0 |
| Dependents | 2 | 263 | 7 |
| Releases | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Last Updated | today | 32d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 7d | 4m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
ariel-rs
Maintenance
16
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
mermaid-rs-renderer
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
13
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
merman
Maintenance
18
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| ariel-rs | mermaid-rs-renderer | merman | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 0.2.2 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 13 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 665KB | 308KB | 50KB |
| Features | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mermaid-rs-renderer leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mermaid-rs-renderer is depended on by 263 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.