Decision Workspace
colorful vs console vs glyphs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
colorful
growingv0.3.2
Make your terminal output colorful
68
console
growingv0.16.3
A terminal and console abstraction for Rust
55
glyphs
experimentalv0.1.1
Beautiful ANSI escape sequences for terminal styling ✨
Core Metrics
| colorful | console | glyphs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 68 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 2.1M | 210.0M | 681 |
| 30d Downloads | 39.2K | 19.9M | 229 |
| Dependents | 933 | 27.3K | 13 |
| Releases | 5 | 51 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 604d ago | 14d ago | 103d ago |
| Age | 7y 3m | 8y 10m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
colorful
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
8
console
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
glyphs
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| colorful | console | glyphs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.2 | 0.16.3 | 0.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 34KB | 19KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 7.8% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.71 | 1.75 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •console leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •console is depended on by 27.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ colorful has not been updated in over a year.