Decision Workspace
boxen vs boxy-cli vs gilt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
56
boxen
experimentalv0.4.0
A Rust library for creating styled terminal boxes around text with performance optimizations
56
boxy-cli
stablev2.2.2
Styled terminal boxes with multi-segment layouts, columnar grids, true-color borders, Unicode box-drawing, and word wrapping.
60
gilt
experimentalv2.3.1
Fast, beautiful terminal formatting for Rust — styles, tables, trees, syntax highlighting, progress bars, markdown.
Core Metrics
| boxen | boxy-cli | gilt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 56 | 56 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 12.0K | 3.8K | 2.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.3K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| Releases | 9 | 11 | 39 |
| Last Updated | 90d ago | 12d ago | 18d ago |
| Age | 10m | 1y 3m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
boxen
Maintenance
14
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
boxy-cli
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
gilt
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| boxen | boxy-cli | gilt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 2.2.2 | 2.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| Crate Size | 149KB | 31KB | 1.1MB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | — | 1.82.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •gilt leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •boxen has the most downloads (12.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •boxen is pre-1.0 — API may change.