Decision Workspace
mediatoascii vs tapciify vs img2ascii-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
mediatoascii
growingv0.8.0
Utilities for converting media files (images/videos) to ascii outputs (output media file or print to console). Supports most standard image formats, and video formats.
55
tapciify
growingv3.3.1
CLI tool that can let you view images in terminal as ASCII art
48
img2ascii-cli
experimentalv0.2.3
Convert images to ASCII art in the terminal
Core Metrics
| mediatoascii | tapciify | img2ascii-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 55 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 8.3K | 26.7K | 84 |
| 30d Downloads | 10 | 44 | 12 |
| Dependents | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Releases | 6 | 20 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 353d ago | 698d ago | 48d ago |
| Age | 3y 6m | 3y 2m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
mediatoascii
Maintenance
6
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
tapciify
Maintenance
7
Quality
21
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
img2ascii-cli
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| mediatoascii | tapciify | img2ascii-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.0 | 3.3.1 | 0.2.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 2.0MB | 25KB | 23KB |
| Features | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.74 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tapciify leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ tapciify has not been updated in over a year.
- •mediatoascii, img2ascii-cli are pre-1.0 — API may change.