Decision Workspace
color-print vs anstyle vs colorchoice
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
color-print
growingv0.3.7
Colorize and stylize strings for terminal at compile-time, by using an HTML-like syntax
79
anstyle
stablev1.0.14
ANSI text styling
76
colorchoice
stablev1.0.5
Global override of color control
Core Metrics
| color-print | anstyle | colorchoice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 79 | 76 |
| Total Downloads | 10.3M | 407.5M | 357.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 651.7K | 35.9M | 32.1M |
| Dependents | 2.0K | 4.8K | 487 |
| Releases | 10 | 31 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 504d ago | 14d ago | 14d ago |
| Age | 4y 7m | 3y 10m | 2y 11m |
Health Breakdown
color-print
Maintenance
5
Quality
10
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
anstyle
Maintenance
18
Quality
22
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
colorchoice
Maintenance
18
Quality
21
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| color-print | anstyle | colorchoice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.7 | 1.0.14 | 1.0.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 18KB | 8KB |
| Features | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 30.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.66.0 | 1.66.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •anstyle leads with a health score of 79/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •anstyle is depended on by 4.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ color-print has not been updated in over a year.
- •color-print is pre-1.0 — API may change.