Decision Workspace
matter vs frontmatter-gen vs matter-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
matter
growingv0.1.0-alpha4
Universal frontmatter parser.
51
frontmatter-gen
growingv0.0.5
A Rust library for generating and parsing frontmatter in various formats.
32
matter-cli
growingv0.1.0-alpha1
Command line interface to Matter.
Core Metrics
| matter | frontmatter-gen | matter-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 51 | 32 |
| Total Downloads | 171.4K | 11.8K | 1.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 4.0K | 453 | 3 |
| Dependents | 32 | 25 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 2081d ago | 488d ago | 2638d ago |
| Age | 7y 2m | 1y 5m | 7y 2m |
Health Breakdown
matter
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
frontmatter-gen
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
matter-cli
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| matter | frontmatter-gen | matter-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0-alpha4 | 0.0.5 | 0.1.0-alpha1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 2 | 21 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 94KB | 1KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.56.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •frontmatter-gen leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •matter has the most downloads (171.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ matter, frontmatter-gen, matter-cli have not been updated in over a year.