Decision Workspace
embacle vs albert-runtime vs squick-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
embacle
experimentalv0.15.13
LLM runner library — wraps 12 AI CLI tools as pluggable LLM providers with agent loop, guardrails, and cost tracking
53
albert-runtime
experimentalv1.4.0
Conversation runtime for Albert CLI — session management, MCP, OAuth, bash execution, tool use and compaction
53
squick-cli
experimentalv1.2.0
Squick command-line interface and MCP server: pre-computed LLM context for AI coding agents.
Core Metrics
| embacle | albert-runtime | squick-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 53 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 660 | 607 | 54 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 67 | 103 | 0 |
| Releases | 28 | 21 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 6d ago | 4d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 2m | 1m | 6d |
Health Breakdown
embacle
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
albert-runtime
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
squick-cli
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| embacle | albert-runtime | squick-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.15.13 | 1.4.0 | 1.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | LGPL-2.1-or-later | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 19 | 7 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 187KB | 71KB | 19KB |
| Features | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.80 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •embacle leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •albert-runtime is depended on by 103 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •embacle is pre-1.0 — API may change.