Decision Workspace
perm-text vs topiary-cli vs os_display
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
perm-text
growingv1.0.4
A simple tool for curling straight/dumb quotation marks ("") and apostrophes (') into their curly/smart (“”’) equivalents.
58
topiary-cli
growingv0.7.3
CLI app for Topiary, the universal code formatter.
57
os_display
growingv0.1.4
Display strings in a safe platform-appropriate way
Core Metrics
| perm-text | topiary-cli | os_display | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 58 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 4.2K | 4.4K | 3.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 71 | 344.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Releases | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 1834d ago | 81d ago | 364d ago |
| Age | 5y | 1y 5m | 4y 5m |
Health Breakdown
perm-text
Maintenance
4
Quality
20
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
topiary-cli
Maintenance
15
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
os_display
Maintenance
5
Quality
18
Community
11
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| perm-text | topiary-cli | os_display | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.4 | 0.7.3 | 0.1.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 21 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 239KB | 17KB |
| Features | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.66 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •topiary-cli leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •os_display has the most downloads (3.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ perm-text has not been updated in over a year.
- •topiary-cli, os_display are pre-1.0 — API may change.