Decision Workspace
axuielement vs axterminator vs axcli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
axuielement
experimentalv0.9.1
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's AXUIElement — drive other apps' UIs (read attributes, perform actions) on macOS
50
axterminator
experimentalv0.10.1
macOS GUI testing framework with background testing, sub-millisecond element access, and self-healing locators
44
axcli
experimentalv0.1.0
macOS Accessibility API CLI tool — a Playwright/Puppeteer-style CLI for native macOS apps
Core Metrics
| axuielement | axterminator | axcli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 50 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 461 | 169 | 150 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 25 | 0 | 4 |
| Releases | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 37d ago | 49d ago | 119d ago |
| Age | 1m | 5m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
axuielement
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
axterminator
Maintenance
16
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
axcli
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| axuielement | axterminator | axcli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.1 | 0.10.1 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | non-standard | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 33 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 53KB | 884KB | 46KB |
| Features | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.76 | 1.95.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •axuielement leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.