Decision Workspace
hired vs arborium-cli vs batless
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
hired
growingv0.14.3
Highlighting rust clone of ed
58
arborium-cli
experimentalv2.17.0
Command-line syntax highlighter powered by arborium
51
batless
experimentalv0.6.0
A non-blocking, LLM-friendly code viewer inspired by bat
Core Metrics
| hired | arborium-cli | batless | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 58 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 37.4K | 460 | 2.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 31 | 20 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 378d ago | 16d ago | 42d ago |
| Age | 6y | 5m | 10m |
Health Breakdown
hired
Maintenance
7
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
arborium-cli
Maintenance
18
Quality
21
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
batless
Maintenance
16
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| hired | arborium-cli | batless | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.14.3 | 2.17.0 | 0.6.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 22KB | 230KB |
| Features | 0 | 114 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •arborium-cli leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •hired has the most downloads (37.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ hired has not been updated in over a year.
- •hired, batless are pre-1.0 — API may change.