Decision Workspace
chess-tui vs cheshire_chess vs chess-engine
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
chess-tui
stablev2.5.1
Play chess from your terminal 🦀
54
cheshire_chess
experimentalv0.3.2
Terminal chess — play 10 AI personalities, 5.8M puzzles, 62 study lessons, live multiplayer, mini-games
42
chess-engine
growingv0.1.2
A dependency-free chess engine library built to run anywhere.
Core Metrics
| chess-tui | cheshire_chess | chess-engine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 54 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 20.4K | 217 | 8.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 179 | 217 | 426 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Releases | 24 | 15 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 29d ago | 7d ago | 1642d ago |
| Age | 2y 3m | 12d | 5y 2m |
Health Breakdown
chess-tui
Maintenance
17
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
cheshire_chess
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
chess-engine
Maintenance
4
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| chess-tui | cheshire_chess | chess-engine | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.5.1 | 0.3.2 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 16 | 12 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 689KB | 84KB | 2.2MB |
| Features | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.75 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cheshire_chess leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •chess-tui has the most downloads (20.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠chess-engine has not been updated in over a year.
- •cheshire_chess, chess-engine are pre-1.0 — API may change.