Decision Workspace
bearask vs inquire vs inquire-derive
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
bearask
experimentalv0.5.0
A really fast and featureful CLI prompting lib
65
inquire
growingv0.9.4
inquire is a library for building interactive prompts on terminals
60
inquire-derive
experimentalv0.9.4
Derive macros for the inquire crate
Core Metrics
| bearask | inquire | inquire-derive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 65 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 228 | 10.8M | 60.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 105 | 1.3M | 31.1K |
| Dependents | 4 | 7.9K | 14 |
| Releases | 10 | 40 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 11d ago | 31d ago | 31d ago |
| Age | 1m | 4y 9m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
bearask
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
8
inquire
Maintenance
17
Quality
11
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
inquire-derive
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| bearask | inquire | inquire-derive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.9.4 | 0.9.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | non-standard | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 101KB | 4KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 12.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.80.0 | 1.80.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •inquire leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •inquire is depended on by 7.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.