Decision Workspace
pretty-console vs rich-rs vs facet-ansi
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
pretty-console
growingv1.0.3
A fluent, zero-cost API for styling terminal text with colors and attributes
55
rich-rs
experimentalv1.1.0
Rich text and beautiful formatting for the terminal
50
facet-ansi
growingv0.8.0
A library for ANSI terminal formatting and styling, providing utilities to add colors and text effects to terminal output
Core Metrics
| pretty-console | rich-rs | facet-ansi | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 55 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 200 | 154 | 3.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| Releases | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 204d ago | 102d ago | 404d ago |
| Age | 6m | 3m | 1y 1m |
Health Breakdown
pretty-console
Maintenance
9
Quality
19
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
rich-rs
Maintenance
18
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
facet-ansi
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| pretty-console | rich-rs | facet-ansi | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.3 | 1.1.0 | 0.8.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 392KB | 5KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | 1.86.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rich-rs leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •facet-ansi has the most downloads (3.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ facet-ansi has not been updated in over a year.
- •facet-ansi is pre-1.0 — API may change.