Decision Workspace
kea vs paru vs cherry-tui
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
kea
growingv0.1.3
aur helper written in rust
46
paru
growingv1.11.0
Feature packed AUR helper
39
cherry-tui
experimentalv0.1.0
A TUI for managing Arch Linux packages — pacman & AUR in one view
Core Metrics
| kea | paru | cherry-tui | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 46 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 6.7K | 34.6K | 17 |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 128 | 3 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 19 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 2589d ago | 1371d ago | 38d ago |
| Age | 7y 1m | 5y 5m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
kea
Maintenance
9
Quality
13
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
paru
Maintenance
6
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
cherry-tui
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| kea | paru | cherry-tui | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 1.11.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 35 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 92KB | 38KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •paru leads with a health score of 46/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ kea, paru have not been updated in over a year.
- •kea, cherry-tui are pre-1.0 — API may change.