Decision Workspace
px2ansi-rs vs pixlmao vs pixterm
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
px2ansi-rs
experimentalv0.3.14
Convert pixel art images to ANSI terminal art (Rust port)
46
pixlmao
experimentalv0.1.0
Define sprites and scenes in a plain-text DSL, render to PNG, preview in your terminal.
40
pixterm
growingv0.4.0
A CLI to show images in a terminal
Core Metrics
| px2ansi-rs | pixlmao | pixterm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 46 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 335 | 11 | 8.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 207 | 11 | 9 |
| Dependents | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 16 | 1 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 13d ago | 7d ago | 1373d ago |
| Age | 2m | 7d | 4y 3m |
Health Breakdown
px2ansi-rs
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
pixlmao
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
13
pixterm
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| px2ansi-rs | pixlmao | pixterm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.14 | 0.1.0 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT | GPL-3.0-only |
| Dependencies | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 36KB | 43KB | 21KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •px2ansi-rs leads with a health score of 46/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pixterm has the most downloads (8.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ pixterm has not been updated in over a year.