Decision Workspace
polyprompt vs dialoguer vs inquire
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
polyprompt
experimentalv0.2.0
all the best CLI prompting libraries in one API
66
dialoguer
growingv0.12.0
A command line prompting library.
65
inquire
growingv0.9.4
inquire is a library for building interactive prompts on terminals
Core Metrics
| polyprompt | dialoguer | inquire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 66 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 25 | 52.1M | 10.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 26 | 4.4M | 1.3M |
| Dependents | 0 | 21.3K | 7.9K |
| Releases | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| Last Updated | 8d ago | 216d ago | 31d ago |
| Age | 11d | 8y 10m | 4y 9m |
Health Breakdown
polyprompt
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
dialoguer
Maintenance
8
Quality
17
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
inquire
Maintenance
17
Quality
11
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
Technical Details
| polyprompt | dialoguer | inquire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.12.0 | 0.9.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 5 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 31KB | 101KB |
| Features | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 12.5% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.66 | 1.80.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •dialoguer leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •dialoguer is depended on by 21.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.