Decision Workspace
elaine-cli vs biblatex vs nom-bibtex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
elaine-cli
experimentalv0.7.0
An opinionated, local-first CLI reference manager for BibTeX and LaTeX users.
58
biblatex
growingv0.11.0
Parsing, writing, and evaluating BibTeX and BibLaTeX files
51
nom-bibtex
growingv0.6.0
BibTeX parser using nom
Core Metrics
| elaine-cli | biblatex | nom-bibtex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 58 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 181 | 1.1M | 87.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 30 | 225.2K | 2.9K |
| Dependents | 0 | 213 | 33 |
| Releases | 11 | 19 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | 183d ago | 95d ago |
| Age | 2m | 5y 6m | 8y 10m |
Health Breakdown
elaine-cli
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
biblatex
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
nom-bibtex
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| elaine-cli | biblatex | nom-bibtex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.0 | 0.11.0 | 0.6.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 32KB | 98KB | 5.3MB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •biblatex leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •biblatex is depended on by 213 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.