Decision Workspace
flywheel-compositor vs saorsa-cli vs terma
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
flywheel-compositor
experimentalv0.1.5
A zero-flicker terminal compositor for Agentic CLIs
53
saorsa-cli
experimentalv0.4.0
Thin CLI wrapper for saorsa
38
terma
experimentalv1.0.16
A next-generation terminal compositor engine for Rust. Z-indexed layers, TrueColor, SGR mouse, Kitty keyboard, and drop-in Ratatui support.
Core Metrics
| flywheel-compositor | saorsa-cli | terma | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 53 | 38 |
| Total Downloads | 122 | 57 | 18 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 109d ago | 106d ago | 132d ago |
| Age | 3m | 3m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
flywheel-compositor
Maintenance
14
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
saorsa-cli
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
terma
Maintenance
7
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| flywheel-compositor | saorsa-cli | terma | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.5 | 0.4.0 | 1.0.16 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 10 | 3 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 124KB | 46KB | 1.4MB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •saorsa-cli leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •flywheel-compositor has the most downloads (122), suggesting wider adoption.
- •flywheel-compositor, saorsa-cli are pre-1.0 — API may change.