Decision Workspace
cli-batteries vs lloggs vs colog
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
cli-batteries
growingv0.5.0
Batteries included opinionated command line interfaces
69
lloggs
stablev1.4.0
Logging configuration for clap applications
60
colog
growingv1.4.0
The `colog` library is a simple formatter backend for the standard rust logging system (in the `log` crate).
Core Metrics
| cli-batteries | lloggs | colog | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 69 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 29.9K | 6.6K | 326.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 247 | 392 | 70.2K |
| Dependents | 4 | 121 | 396 |
| Releases | 17 | 7 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 1074d ago | 37d ago | 196d ago |
| Age | 3y 10m | 1y 1m | 8y 11m |
Health Breakdown
cli-batteries
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
lloggs
Maintenance
18
Quality
19
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
colog
Maintenance
10
Quality
20
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| cli-batteries | lloggs | colog | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | LGPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 44 | 8 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 29KB | 17KB | 28KB |
| Features | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.74.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lloggs leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •colog has the most downloads (326.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •colog is depended on by 396 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ cli-batteries has not been updated in over a year.
- •cli-batteries is pre-1.0 — API may change.