Decision Workspace
lsiotemplate vs kotoba-jsonnet vs template-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
32
lsiotemplate
growingv0.1.6
Handlebars template CLI that allows for passing in values to replace place holders in file. It can also do more complex things like pass in an input json file and output a file or send it to stdout. It also converts yaml to json and ini to json that is then feed into handlebars for normal template features.
50
kotoba-jsonnet
experimentalv0.1.22
Kotoba-specific Jsonnet implementation compatible with Jsonnet 0.21.0
43
template-cli
growingv0.4.4
CLI for templating based on JSON, YAML or HCL configuration
Core Metrics
| lsiotemplate | kotoba-jsonnet | template-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 32 | 50 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 5.8K | 5.5K | 20.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 118 | 23 |
| Dependents | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 17 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 3406d ago | 189d ago | 263d ago |
| Age | 9y 4m | 6m | 3y 3m |
Health Breakdown
lsiotemplate
Maintenance
3
Quality
11
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
11
kotoba-jsonnet
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
template-cli
Maintenance
9
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| lsiotemplate | kotoba-jsonnet | template-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.6 | 0.1.22 | 0.4.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 18 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 609KB | 90KB | 30KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kotoba-jsonnet leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •template-cli has the most downloads (20.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ lsiotemplate has not been updated in over a year.