Decision Workspace
grits vs grep-cli vs fast-grep
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
grits
growingv0.3.0
A line-text processor that applies regular expressions with named captures to input lines and transforms them using a template string. See the long help '--help' for further details and examples.
53
grep-cli
growingv0.1.12
Utilities for search oriented command line applications.
50
fast-grep
experimentalv0.3.1
Indexed regex search. 6-25x faster than ripgrep on large codebases via sparse n-gram index, position masks, and mmap'd posting lists.
Core Metrics
| grits | grep-cli | fast-grep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 53 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 2.4K | 7.1M | 56 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 414.5K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 412 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 13 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 490d ago | 222d ago | 26d ago |
| Age | 1y 4m | 7y 8m | 26d |
Health Breakdown
grits
Maintenance
6
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
grep-cli
Maintenance
8
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
fast-grep
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| grits | grep-cli | fast-grep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.1.12 | 0.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Unlicense OR MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| Crate Size | 33KB | 21KB | 128KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.83 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Links
Quick Verdict
- •grep-cli leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •grep-cli is depended on by 412 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ grits has not been updated in over a year.