Decision Workspace
mdbat vs mdcat vs pulldown-cmark-mdcat
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
mdbat
growingv0.1.0
A simple and fancy way to to display markdown documents in your terminal (based on termimad)
55
mdcat
growingv2.7.1
cat for markdown: Show markdown documents in terminals
52
pulldown-cmark-mdcat
growingv2.7.1
Render pulldown-cmark events to TTY
Core Metrics
| mdbat | mdcat | pulldown-cmark-mdcat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 55 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 1.5K | 185.1K | 90.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 1.6K | 939 |
| Dependents | 0 | 32 | 64 |
| Releases | 1 | 75 | 18 |
| Last Updated | 865d ago | 468d ago | 468d ago |
| Age | 2y 4m | 8y 2m | 2y 11m |
Health Breakdown
mdbat
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
mdcat
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
pulldown-cmark-mdcat
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| mdbat | mdcat | pulldown-cmark-mdcat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 2.7.1 | 2.7.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0-or-later | MPL-2.0 AND Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0 AND Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 14 | 20 |
| Crate Size | 45KB | 291KB | 131KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.3% | 100.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.83 | 1.83 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mdcat leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ mdbat, mdcat, pulldown-cmark-mdcat have not been updated in over a year.
- •mdbat is pre-1.0 — API may change.