Decision Workspace
ascii-cli vs ascii_table vs crabular
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
ascii-cli
growingv1.2.1
A small CLI for quickly viewing the ASCII table in your terminal
58
ascii_table
growingv5.0.0
Print ASCII tables to the terminal
54
crabular
experimentalv0.7.0
A high-performance ASCII table library for Rust
Core Metrics
| ascii-cli | ascii_table | crabular | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 58 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 3.6K | 516.9K | 173 |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 43.7K | 27 |
| Dependents | 0 | 156 | 5 |
| Releases | 3 | 18 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 374d ago | 117d ago | 49d ago |
| Age | 2y | 6y 10m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
ascii-cli
Maintenance
6
Quality
18
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
ascii_table
Maintenance
10
Quality
21
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
crabular
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| ascii-cli | ascii_table | crabular | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.1 | 5.0.0 | 0.7.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 870KB | 13KB | 29KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.93 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ascii_table leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ascii_table is depended on by 156 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ ascii-cli has not been updated in over a year.
- •crabular is pre-1.0 — API may change.