Decision Workspace
hjkl-layout vs kasuari vs tui-textarea-2
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
hjkl-layout
experimentalv0.28.0
Renderer-agnostic window/split layout machinery for the hjkl editor stack. Owns LayoutTree, Pane, SplitDir, WindowId, and all traversal/focus/resize/swap/equalize operations.
70
kasuari
growingv0.4.12
A rust layout solver for GUIs, based on the Cassowary algorithm. A fork of the unmaintained cassowary-rs crate with improvments and bug fixes. Kasuari is the indonesian name for the cassowary bird.
66
tui-textarea-2
experimentalv0.11.0
tui-textarea is a simple yet powerful text editor widget for ratatui. Multi-line text editor can be easily put as part of your TUI application.
Core Metrics
| hjkl-layout | kasuari | tui-textarea-2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 70 | 66 |
| Total Downloads | 99 | 6.2M | 39.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 2.2M | 16.7K |
| Dependents | 5 | 20 | 143 |
| Releases | 6 | 17 | 9 |
| Last Updated | today | 73d ago | 23d ago |
| Age | 8d | 1y 7m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
hjkl-layout
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
kasuari
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
tui-textarea-2
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| hjkl-layout | kasuari | tui-textarea-2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.28.0 | 0.4.12 | 0.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 33KB | 84KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.95 | 1.85 | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 4 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kasuari leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tui-textarea-2 is depended on by 143 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.