Decision Workspace
darkside vs libnotcurses-sys vs cursive
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
darkside
growingv1.2.5
A TUI-kit for Rust based on ncurses-rs
61
libnotcurses-sys
growingv3.11.0
Low-level Rust bindings for the notcurses C library.
58
cursive
growingv0.21.1
A TUI (Text User Interface) library focused on ease-of-use.
Core Metrics
| darkside | libnotcurses-sys | cursive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 61 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 14.9K | 167.2K | 1.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 14 | 335 | 52.2K |
| Dependents | 0 | 41 | 1.4K |
| Releases | 10 | 129 | 65 |
| Last Updated | 2451d ago | 540d ago | 601d ago |
| Age | 6y 8m | 6y 2m | 9y 9m |
Health Breakdown
darkside
Maintenance
5
Quality
20
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
libnotcurses-sys
Maintenance
8
Quality
20
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
cursive
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| darkside | libnotcurses-sys | cursive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.5 | 3.11.0 | 0.21.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 210KB | 43KB |
| Features | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.65.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libnotcurses-sys leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •cursive has the most downloads (1.2M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •cursive is depended on by 1.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ darkside, libnotcurses-sys, cursive have not been updated in over a year.
- •cursive is pre-1.0 — API may change.