Decision Workspace
mermkit vs mermaid-rs-cli vs mermaid-rs-renderer
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
mermkit
experimentalv0.2.6
Rust bindings for mermkit (Mermaid rendering toolkit)
48
mermaid-rs-cli
experimentalv0.1.5
Command-line tool (`mmrs` binary) to render Mermaid diagrams to SVG/PNG/ASCII — pure Rust, no browser
60
mermaid-rs-renderer
experimentalv0.3.1
Fast Mermaid diagram renderer in pure Rust - 23 diagram types, 100-1400x faster than mermaid-cli
Core Metrics
| mermkit | mermaid-rs-cli | mermaid-rs-renderer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 48 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 136 | 81 | 26.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 6.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 307 |
| Releases | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 162d ago | today | 7d ago |
| Age | 5m | 2m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
mermkit
Maintenance
18
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
mermaid-rs-cli
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
mermaid-rs-renderer
Maintenance
20
Quality
12
Community
13
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| mermkit | mermaid-rs-cli | mermaid-rs-renderer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.6 | 0.1.5 | 0.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 18KB | 552KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 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.