Decision Workspace
batless vs assistant vs mind-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
batless
experimentalv0.6.0
A non-blocking, LLM-friendly code viewer inspired by bat
52
assistant
experimentalv1.4.1
Agent-agnostic CLI super-app; aggregates all coding agent CLI tools into a single binary
51
mind-cli
experimentalv0.17.0
A manager for agent tooling (skills, agents, rules, tools) that melds arbitrary git repos and links items into your agent directories.
Core Metrics
| batless | assistant | mind-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 52 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 2.6K | 79 | 230 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 11 | 5 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 91d ago | 17d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 11m | 2m | 17d |
Health Breakdown
batless
Maintenance
14
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
assistant
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
mind-cli
Maintenance
17
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| batless | assistant | mind-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 1.4.1 | 0.17.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 20 | 12 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 230KB | 44KB | 746KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | 1.74 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •assistant leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •batless has the most downloads (2.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •batless, mind-cli are pre-1.0 — API may change.