Decision Workspace
mermaid-rs-renderer vs mmdflux vs mermaid-rs-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
60
mermaid-rs-renderer
experimentalv0.3.1
Fast Mermaid diagram renderer in pure Rust - 23 diagram types, 100-1400x faster than mermaid-cli
54
mmdflux
experimentalv2.6.0
Render Mermaid diagrams as Unicode text, ASCII, SVG, and MMDS JSON.
48
mermaid-rs-cli
experimentalv0.1.5
Command-line tool (`mmrs` binary) to render Mermaid diagrams to SVG/PNG/ASCII — pure Rust, no browser
Core Metrics
| mermaid-rs-renderer | mmdflux | mermaid-rs-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 60 | 54 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 26.8K | 2.6K | 81 |
| 30d Downloads | 6.1K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 307 | 3 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 18 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | 19d ago | today |
| Age | 5m | 5m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
mermaid-rs-renderer
Maintenance
20
Quality
12
Community
13
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
mmdflux
Maintenance
18
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
mermaid-rs-cli
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| mermaid-rs-renderer | mmdflux | mermaid-rs-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 2.6.0 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 13 | 18 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 552KB | 1.4MB | 18KB |
| Features | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mermaid-rs-renderer leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mermaid-rs-renderer is depended on by 307 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •mermaid-rs-renderer, mermaid-rs-cli are pre-1.0 — API may change.