Decision Workspace
mdcat vs pulldown-cmark-mdcat vs mdbat
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
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
34
mdbat
growingv0.1.0
A simple and fancy way to to display markdown documents in your terminal (based on termimad)
Core Metrics
| mdcat | pulldown-cmark-mdcat | mdbat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 52 | 34 |
| Total Downloads | 185.1K | 90.6K | 1.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.6K | 939 | 3 |
| Dependents | 32 | 64 | 0 |
| Releases | 75 | 18 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 468d ago | 468d ago | 865d ago |
| Age | 8y 2m | 2y 11m | 2y 4m |
Health Breakdown
mdcat
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
pulldown-cmark-mdcat
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
mdbat
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| mdcat | pulldown-cmark-mdcat | mdbat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.7.1 | 2.7.1 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MPL-2.0 AND Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0 AND Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 14 | 20 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 291KB | 131KB | 45KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 1.3% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 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.
- •⚠ mdcat, pulldown-cmark-mdcat, mdbat have not been updated in over a year.
- •mdbat is pre-1.0 — API may change.