Decision Workspace
gilt vs rich_rust vs colorchoice
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
gilt
experimentalv0.9.1
A fast, rich terminal formatting library — Rust port of Python's rich
52
rich_rust
experimentalv0.2.1
A Rust port of Python's Rich library for beautiful terminal output
76
colorchoice
stablev1.0.5
Global override of color control
Core Metrics
| gilt | rich_rust | colorchoice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 52 | 76 |
| Total Downloads | 1.5K | 32.7K | 357.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 1.2K | 19.9K | 32.1M |
| Dependents | 0 | 17 | 487 |
| Releases | 11 | 4 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 45d ago | 33d ago | 14d ago |
| Age | 1m | 2m | 2y 11m |
Health Breakdown
gilt
Maintenance
16
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
rich_rust
Maintenance
14
Quality
11
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
colorchoice
Maintenance
18
Quality
21
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| gilt | rich_rust | colorchoice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.1 | 0.2.1 | 1.0.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 27 | 29 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 615KB | 1.4MB | 8KB |
| Features | 15 | 9 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.82.0 | — | 1.66.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •colorchoice leads with a health score of 76/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •colorchoice is depended on by 487 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •gilt, rich_rust are pre-1.0 — API may change.