Decision Workspace
mermaid-rs-renderer vs mmdflux vs merman-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
mermaid-rs-renderer
experimentalv0.2.1
Fast Mermaid diagram renderer in pure Rust - 23 diagram types, 100-1400x faster than mermaid-cli
48
mmdflux
experimentalv2.0.2
Render Mermaid diagrams as Unicode text, ASCII, SVG, and MMDS JSON.
51
merman-cli
experimentalv0.4.0
CLI to parse/layout/render Mermaid diagrams to SVG/PNG/JPG/PDF (headless).
Core Metrics
| mermaid-rs-renderer | mmdflux | merman-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 48 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 3.2K | 158 | 57 |
| 30d Downloads | 2.6K | 102 | 37 |
| Dependents | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 19d ago | 1d ago | 15d ago |
| Age | 2m | 1m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
mermaid-rs-renderer
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
mmdflux
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
merman-cli
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| mermaid-rs-renderer | mmdflux | merman-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 2.0.2 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 13 | 10 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 303KB | 911KB | 27KB |
| Features | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mermaid-rs-renderer leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mermaid-rs-renderer, merman-cli are pre-1.0 — API may change.