Decision Workspace
make_colors vs console vs gilt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
make_colors
growingv1.0.2
A simple, powerful and cross-platform Rust library for adding colors to your terminal output with support for hex colors, RGB, and rich markup
68
console
growingv0.16.4
A terminal and console abstraction for Rust
60
gilt
experimentalv2.3.1
Fast, beautiful terminal formatting for Rust — styles, tables, trees, syntax highlighting, progress bars, markdown.
Core Metrics
| make_colors | console | gilt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 68 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 272 | 288.0M | 2.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 13.9M | 0 |
| Dependents | 2 | 33.5K | 7 |
| Releases | 1 | 52 | 39 |
| Last Updated | 218d ago | 12d ago | 18d ago |
| Age | 7m | 9y 2m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
make_colors
Maintenance
4
Quality
18
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
console
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
gilt
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| make_colors | console | gilt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.2 | 0.16.4 | 2.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 6 | 33 |
| Crate Size | 417KB | 34KB | 1.1MB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 7.7% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.71 | 1.82.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •console leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •console is depended on by 33.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •console is pre-1.0 — API may change.