Decision Workspace
dial-cli vs dial-core vs assistant
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
dial-cli
experimentalv4.2.7
CLI for DIAL - Deterministic Iterative Agent Loop
57
dial-core
experimentalv4.2.7
DIAL engine - Deterministic Iterative Agent Loop for autonomous AI-assisted software development
52
assistant
experimentalv1.4.1
Agent-agnostic CLI super-app; aggregates all coding agent CLI tools into a single binary
Core Metrics
| dial-cli | dial-core | assistant | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 57 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 179 | 307 | 79 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Releases | 11 | 10 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 105d ago | 105d ago | 17d ago |
| Age | 4m | 3m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
dial-cli
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
dial-core
Maintenance
20
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
assistant
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| dial-cli | dial-core | assistant | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 4.2.7 | 4.2.7 | 1.4.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 16 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 49KB | 228KB | 44KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.74 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •dial-core leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.