Decision Workspace
aurcat vs alpm-rs vs paru
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
32
aurcat
experimentalv0.0.4
An user friendly pacman/aur manager
49
alpm-rs
growingv0.1.24
aplm bindings and wrapper for rust
46
paru
growingv1.11.0
Feature packed AUR helper
Core Metrics
| aurcat | alpm-rs | paru | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 32 | 49 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7K | 40.4K | 34.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 2 | 75 | 128 |
| Dependents | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 23 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 313d ago | 2585d ago | 1371d ago |
| Age | 11m | 7y 1m | 5y 5m |
Health Breakdown
aurcat
Maintenance
9
Quality
6
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
alpm-rs
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
paru
Maintenance
6
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| aurcat | alpm-rs | paru | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.4 | 0.1.24 | 1.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 12 | 1 | 35 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 12KB | 92KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 100.0% | 4.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •alpm-rs leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ alpm-rs, paru have not been updated in over a year.
- •aurcat, alpm-rs are pre-1.0 — API may change.