Decision Workspace
mouseless vs axuielement vs axterminator
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
mouseless
experimentalv0.1.1
A Rust MCP server for macOS desktop control — screenshots, mouse, keyboard, app management. Supports Streamable HTTP and stdio transports.
55
axuielement
experimentalv0.9.0
Safe Rust bindings for Apple's AXUIElement — drive other apps' UIs (read attributes, perform actions) on macOS
53
axterminator
experimentalv0.10.1
macOS GUI testing framework with background testing, sub-millisecond element access, and self-healing locators
Core Metrics
| mouseless | axuielement | axterminator | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 55 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 26 | 160 | 135 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 11 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 31d ago | 5d ago | today |
| Age | 1m | 10d | 3m |
Health Breakdown
mouseless
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
axuielement
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
axterminator
Maintenance
19
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| mouseless | axuielement | axterminator | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.9.0 | 0.10.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| Crate Size | 49KB | 50KB | 884KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.76 | 1.95.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •axuielement leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.