Decision Workspace
cliboard vs katex vs katex-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
cliboard
experimentalv0.1.0
Live math whiteboard for your terminal — render LaTeX equations in the browser with per-step AI chat
53
katex
growingv0.4.6
Rust bindings to KaTeX
48
katex-rs
experimentalv0.2.4
A Rust implementation of KaTeX - Fast math typesetting for anywhere, more than just the web.
Core Metrics
| cliboard | katex | katex-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 53 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 13 | 375.6K | 3.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 13 | 183.5K | 1.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 243 | 24 |
| Releases | 1 | 24 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 10d ago | 1146d ago | 20d ago |
| Age | 10d | 6y 1m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
cliboard
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
katex
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
katex-rs
Maintenance
18
Quality
6
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| cliboard | katex | katex-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.4.6 | 0.2.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 13 | 9 | 24 |
| Crate Size | 343KB | 99KB | 360KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 4.2% | 37.5% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •katex leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •katex is depended on by 243 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ katex has not been updated in over a year.