Decision Workspace
fancy-log vs colog vs charmed-log
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
fancy-log
experimentalv0.1.1
A fancy logging library with colorized output and structured logs.
59
colog
growingv1.4.0
The `colog` library is a simple formatter backend for the standard rust logging system (in the `log` crate).
50
charmed-log
experimentalv0.2.0
Beautiful, colorful logging for terminal applications
Core Metrics
| fancy-log | colog | charmed-log | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 59 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 4.5K | 436.9K | 193 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 58.0K | 0 |
| Dependents | 68 | 446 | 8 |
| Releases | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 264d ago | 255d ago | 99d ago |
| Age | 9m | 9y 1m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
fancy-log
Maintenance
8
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
colog
Maintenance
9
Quality
20
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
charmed-log
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| fancy-log | colog | charmed-log | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 1.4.0 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | LGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 28KB | 27KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •colog leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •colog is depended on by 446 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •fancy-log, charmed-log are pre-1.0 — API may change.