Decision Workspace
multiline-term-input vs terminal-prompt vs catch-input
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
multiline-term-input
growingv0.1.0
Utility for input of multiline strings
55
terminal-prompt
growingv0.2.3
Tiny library for prompting sensitive or non-sensitive data on the terminal
51
catch-input
growingv1.1.2
Library implementing a macro for retrieving user input from the console.
Core Metrics
| multiline-term-input | terminal-prompt | catch-input | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 55 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 7.4K | 1.6M | 7.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 78.0K | 0 |
| Dependents | 23 | 52 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1694d ago | 1069d ago | 1555d ago |
| Age | 4y 7m | 2y 11m | 4y 3m |
Health Breakdown
multiline-term-input
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
terminal-prompt
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
catch-input
Maintenance
9
Quality
21
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| multiline-term-input | terminal-prompt | catch-input | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.3 | 1.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | BSD-2-Clause | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 2KB | 6KB | 3KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.66 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •terminal-prompt leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ multiline-term-input, terminal-prompt, catch-input have not been updated in over a year.
- •multiline-term-input, terminal-prompt are pre-1.0 — API may change.