Decision Workspace
chromacat vs tiny-gradient vs colorizer
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
32
chromacat
growingv0.1.0
A versatile command-line tool for applying color gradients to text output
48
tiny-gradient
growingv0.1.0
Make your string colored in gradient
43
colorizer
growingv2.1.0
Colorizer is a tool for highlighting words in your terminal
Core Metrics
| chromacat | tiny-gradient | colorizer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 32 | 48 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 1.1K | 391.6K | 11.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 9 | 20.6K | 14 |
| Dependents | 0 | 132 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 509d ago | 1341d ago | 927d ago |
| Age | 1y 4m | 3y 8m | 4y 9m |
Health Breakdown
chromacat
Maintenance
2
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
tiny-gradient
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
colorizer
Maintenance
4
Quality
19
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| chromacat | tiny-gradient | colorizer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.0 | 2.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 23 | 1 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 125KB | 8KB | 7KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tiny-gradient leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tiny-gradient is depended on by 132 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ chromacat, tiny-gradient, colorizer have not been updated in over a year.
- •chromacat, tiny-gradient are pre-1.0 — API may change.