Decision Workspace
narrative vs cucumber vs gherkin
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
narrative
growingv0.12.2
An immensely simple library for story-driven development
68
cucumber
growingv0.23.0
Cucumber testing framework for Rust, with async support. Fully native, no external test runners or dependencies.
65
gherkin
growingv0.16.0
Pure Rust implementation of Gherkin language (`.feature` file) for Cucumber testing framework.
Core Metrics
| narrative | cucumber | gherkin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 68 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 16.7K | 15.9M | 16.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 166.1K | 190.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 870 | 165 |
| Releases | 23 | 40 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 230d ago | 81d ago | 81d ago |
| Age | 2y 6m | 10y 3m | 8y 1m |
Health Breakdown
narrative
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
cucumber
Maintenance
14
Quality
13
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
gherkin
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| narrative | cucumber | gherkin | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.12.2 | 0.23.0 | 0.16.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 33 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 17KB | 155KB | 42KB |
| Features | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cucumber leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •gherkin has the most downloads (16.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •cucumber is depended on by 870 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.