Decision Workspace
curses-sys vs curses vs anstyle
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
curses-sys
growingv6.0.0-2
FFI bindings for curses
30
curses
growingv0.1.0
ANSI escape sequence abstration library and also capable of basic shapes and colors in the terminal.
79
anstyle
stablev1.0.14
ANSI text styling
Core Metrics
| curses-sys | curses | anstyle | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 30 | 79 |
| Total Downloads | 4.5K | 1.8K | 407.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 5 | 35.9M |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 4.8K |
| Releases | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| Last Updated | 3758d ago | 1583d ago | 14d ago |
| Age | 10y 4m | 4y 4m | 3y 10m |
Health Breakdown
curses-sys
Maintenance
3
Quality
23
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
6
curses
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
7
anstyle
Maintenance
18
Quality
22
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| curses-sys | curses | anstyle | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 6.0.0-2 | 0.1.0 | 1.0.14 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | WTFPL | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 3KB | 18KB |
| Features | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.66.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 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.
- •⚠ curses-sys, curses have not been updated in over a year.
- •curses is pre-1.0 — API may change.