Decision Workspace
artifact-app vs rst_app vs cargo-ovft
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
artifact-app
growingv1.0.1
Artifact is a design doc tool made for developers. It allows anyone to easily write and link their design docs both to each other and to source code, making it easy to track how complete their project is. Documents are revision controllable, can be rendered as a static web page and have a full suite of command line tools for searching, formatting and displaying them.
32
rst_app
growingv0.3.7
rst: the requirements tracking tool made for developers
42
cargo-ovft
experimentalv0.1.2
A Cargo plugin for Open Very Fast Trace - requirements traceability for Rust projects
Core Metrics
| artifact-app | rst_app | cargo-ovft | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 32 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 61.2K | 21.8K | 554 |
| 30d Downloads | 40 | 16 | 4 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 31 | 12 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 3032d ago | 3404d ago | 167d ago |
| Age | 9y 1m | 9y 7m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
artifact-app
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
rst_app
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
cargo-ovft
Maintenance
10
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| artifact-app | rst_app | cargo-ovft | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.1 | 0.3.7 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | LGPL-3.0+ | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 26 | 20 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 4.8MB | 711KB | 10KB |
| Features | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cargo-ovft leads with a health score of 42/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •artifact-app has the most downloads (61.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ artifact-app, rst_app have not been updated in over a year.
- •rst_app, cargo-ovft are pre-1.0 — API may change.