Decision Workspace
photon-ui vs minui vs uxterm
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
photon-ui
experimentalv0.4.5
Blazing fast minimal TUI
55
minui
growingv0.7.3
A minimalist framework for building terminal UIs in Rust.
50
uxterm
growingv1.1.0
A user experience-focused terminal UI library built with Crossterm.
Core Metrics
| photon-ui | minui | uxterm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 55 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 173 | 3.7K | 1.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Releases | 8 | 23 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 14d ago | 19d ago | 278d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1y | 10m |
Health Breakdown
photon-ui
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
minui
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
uxterm
Maintenance
9
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| photon-ui | minui | uxterm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.5 | 0.7.3 | 1.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 325KB | 169KB | 10KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •minui leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •photon-ui, minui are pre-1.0 — API may change.