Decision Workspace
bashelp vs caro vs ask-ollama
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
bashelp
experimentalv0.1.0
Natural language to shell commands. Local-first, provider agnostic.
56
caro
stablev1.1.3
Convert natural language to shell commands using local LLMs
53
ask-ollama
stablev1.0.5
Query any LLM found on Ollama from the terminal!
Core Metrics
| bashelp | caro | ask-ollama | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 56 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 21 | 3.8K | 9.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 100 | 11 |
| Dependents | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 11 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 81d ago | 71d ago | 848d ago |
| Age | 2m | 3y 2m | 2y 3m |
Health Breakdown
bashelp
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
caro
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
ask-ollama
Maintenance
12
Quality
20
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| bashelp | caro | ask-ollama | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.1.3 | 1.0.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 12 | 51 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 26KB | 248KB | 5KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.83 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •caro leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ask-ollama has the most downloads (9.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ ask-ollama has not been updated in over a year.
- •bashelp is pre-1.0 — API may change.