Decision Workspace
custom-printer vs thermoprint vs recibo
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
custom-printer
growingv0.1.0
Rust library for Custom thermal receipt printers
48
thermoprint
experimentalv0.3.0
A fluent ESC/POS receipt builder for thermal printers. Targets native (Tauri/desktop) and WASM/npm.
38
recibo
growingv0.3.0
ESC/POS printer driver for Rust
Core Metrics
| custom-printer | thermoprint | recibo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 48 | 38 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6K | 48 | 4.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 27 | 26 |
| Dependents | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 1194d ago | 30d ago | 1026d ago |
| Age | 3y 3m | 1m | 2y 9m |
Health Breakdown
custom-printer
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
thermoprint
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
recibo
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| custom-printer | thermoprint | recibo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 32KB | 59KB | 297KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.56 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •thermoprint leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •recibo has the most downloads (4.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ custom-printer, recibo have not been updated in over a year.