Decision Workspace
cerf vs cliclack vs paris
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
cerf
experimentalv0.2.0
A shell.
61
cliclack
growingv0.5.2
Beautiful, minimal, opinionated CLI prompts inspired by the Clack NPM package.
58
paris
growingv1.5.15
A simple logger for your CLI apps or other things you want in the terminal
Core Metrics
| cerf | cliclack | paris | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 61 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 40 | 1.6M | 623.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 40 | 260.6K | 58.6K |
| Dependents | 0 | 381 | 251 |
| Releases | 3 | 35 | 32 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | 5d ago | 1093d ago |
| Age | 13d | 2y 8m | 6y 1m |
Health Breakdown
cerf
Maintenance
14
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
cliclack
Maintenance
19
Quality
10
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
paris
Maintenance
6
Quality
20
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| cerf | cliclack | paris | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.5.2 | 1.5.15 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 71KB | 37KB | 21KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.7% | 6.3% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.93.1 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cliclack leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •cliclack is depended on by 381 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ paris has not been updated in over a year.
- •cerf, cliclack are pre-1.0 — API may change.