Decision Workspace
ferrous-menu vs fsel vs ctrl-space-wsl
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
ferrous-menu
experimentalv0.5.2
Minimal GUI choice selection app, similar to `dmenu` or `rofi`, using FLTK
54
fsel
experimentalv3.3.1-kiwicrab
Fast TUI app launcher and fuzzy finder for GNU/Linux and *BSD
43
ctrl-space-wsl
experimentalv0.4.0
A fast application launcher for WSL2, inspired by dmenu/yeganesh
Core Metrics
| ferrous-menu | fsel | ctrl-space-wsl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 54 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 29 | 2.2K | 28 |
| 30d Downloads | 29 | 93 | 30 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 18 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 17d ago | 4d ago | 22d ago |
| Age | 17d | 5m | 25d |
Health Breakdown
ferrous-menu
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
fsel
Maintenance
20
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
ctrl-space-wsl
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| ferrous-menu | fsel | ctrl-space-wsl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.2 | 3.3.1-kiwicrab | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | BSD-2-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 24 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 163KB | 26KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.90 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •fsel leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ferrous-menu, ctrl-space-wsl are pre-1.0 — API may change.