Decision Workspace
ratatui-mergearea vs rat-text vs tui-textarea
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
ratatui-mergearea
experimentalv0.0.1
Automerge text editor widget for ratatui based on tui-textarea
61
rat-text
stablev3.1.0
ratatui text input widgets
58
tui-textarea
growingv0.7.0
tui-textarea is a simple yet powerful text editor widget for ratatui and tui-rs. Multi-line text editor can be easily put as part of your TUI application.
Core Metrics
| ratatui-mergearea | rat-text | tui-textarea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 61 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 276 | 40.1K | 1.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 1.8K | 123.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 113 | 2.0K |
| Releases | 1 | 46 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 172d ago | 19d ago | 521d ago |
| Age | 5m | 1y 7m | 3y 9m |
Health Breakdown
ratatui-mergearea
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
rat-text
Maintenance
18
Quality
17
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
tui-textarea
Maintenance
7
Quality
17
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| ratatui-mergearea | rat-text | tui-textarea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.1 | 3.1.0 | 0.7.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 13 | 25 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 71KB | 167KB | 68KB |
| Features | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | — | 1.56.1 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rat-text leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tui-textarea has the most downloads (1.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •tui-textarea is depended on by 2.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tui-textarea has not been updated in over a year.
- •ratatui-mergearea, tui-textarea are pre-1.0 — API may change.