Decision Workspace
brightness-ctl vs brightness vs bulbb
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
brightness-ctl
growingv0.1.2
command line tool to control screen brightness
43
brightness
growingv0.8.0
Get and set display brightness
42
bulbb
growingv0.0.3
Bulbb is a library to manage backlight brightness.
Core Metrics
| brightness-ctl | brightness | bulbb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 43 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 4.4K | 25.8K | 5.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 814 | 37 |
| Dependents | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Releases | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 760d ago | 206d ago | 1597d ago |
| Age | 2y 1m | 4y 8m | 4y 4m |
Health Breakdown
brightness-ctl
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
brightness
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
bulbb
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| brightness-ctl | brightness | bulbb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.8.0 | 0.0.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | 0BSD | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 21KB | 22KB |
| Features | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 10.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •brightness-ctl leads with a health score of 43/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •brightness has the most downloads (25.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ brightness-ctl, bulbb have not been updated in over a year.