Decision Workspace
kasuari vs lacquer vs panes
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
72
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.
55
lacquer
experimentalv0.1.1
Style definitions for gorgeous terminal layouts 💅
54
panes
experimentalv0.18.3
Renderer-agnostic layout engine with declarative ergonomics
Core Metrics
| kasuari | lacquer | panes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 72 | 55 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 2.6M | 432 | 812 |
| 30d Downloads | 1.3M | 137 | 818 |
| Dependents | 16 | 8 | 159 |
| Releases | 17 | 2 | 34 |
| Last Updated | 14d ago | 103d ago | 1d ago |
| Age | 1y 5m | 3m | 27d |
Health Breakdown
kasuari
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
lacquer
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
panes
Maintenance
16
Quality
13
Community
12
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| kasuari | lacquer | panes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.12 | 0.1.1 | 0.18.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 33KB | 14KB | 131KB |
| Features | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | 1.75 | — |
| Owners | 4 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kasuari leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •panes is depended on by 159 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.