Decision Workspace
dotacat vs dota2cat vs cat-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
dotacat
growingv0.3.0
Like lolcat, but fast
47
dota2cat
growingv0.3.3
An updated fork of dotacat (which is like lolcat, but fast)
50
cat-cli
experimentalv0.9.0
Concatenate and send files to standard output
Core Metrics
| dotacat | dota2cat | cat-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 47 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 9.2K | 5.3K | 751 |
| 30d Downloads | 23 | 27 | 12 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 1226d ago | 19d ago | 77d ago |
| Age | 5y 6m | 4y 4m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
dotacat
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
dota2cat
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
cat-cli
Maintenance
15
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| dotacat | dota2cat | cat-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.3.3 | 0.9.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Unlicense OR CC0-1.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 64KB | 184KB | 4KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.59 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cat-cli leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •dotacat has the most downloads (9.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ dotacat has not been updated in over a year.