Decision Workspace
cherry-tui vs arch-toolkit vs paru
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
cherry-tui
experimentalv0.1.0
A TUI for managing Arch Linux packages — pacman & AUR in one view
48
arch-toolkit
experimentalv0.2.0
Complete Rust toolkit for Arch Linux package management
46
paru
growingv1.11.0
Feature packed AUR helper
Core Metrics
| cherry-tui | arch-toolkit | paru | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 48 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 17 | 106 | 34.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 14 | 128 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 38d ago | 93d ago | 1371d ago |
| Age | 1m | 3m | 5y 5m |
Health Breakdown
cherry-tui
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
arch-toolkit
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
paru
Maintenance
6
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| cherry-tui | arch-toolkit | paru | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.0 | 1.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 11 | 15 | 35 |
| Crate Size | 38KB | 225KB | 92KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •arch-toolkit leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •paru has the most downloads (34.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ paru has not been updated in over a year.
- •cherry-tui, arch-toolkit are pre-1.0 — API may change.