Decision Workspace
cli-animate vs text-loading-animation vs tracing-indicatif
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
cli-animate
growingv0.1.0
Enrich your Rust CLIs with stunning, easy-to-implement animations.
44
text-loading-animation
growingv1.0.1
This crate/lib helps you to print loading animations easily on STDOUT/STDERR when developing CLIs for example.
59
tracing-indicatif
growingv0.3.14
Tracing layer that automatically creates and manages progress bars for active spans.
Core Metrics
| cli-animate | text-loading-animation | tracing-indicatif | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 44 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 1.7K | 3.0K | 2.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 4 | 357.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 501 |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 885d ago | 1931d ago | 115d ago |
| Age | 2y 5m | 5y 9m | 3y 1m |
Health Breakdown
cli-animate
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
text-loading-animation
Maintenance
3
Quality
20
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
tracing-indicatif
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| cli-animate | text-loading-animation | tracing-indicatif | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.0.1 | 0.3.14 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 189KB | 29KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tracing-indicatif leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tracing-indicatif is depended on by 501 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ cli-animate, text-loading-animation have not been updated in over a year.
- •cli-animate, tracing-indicatif are pre-1.0 — API may change.