Decision Workspace
retrofont vs retrofont-cli vs libasciic
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
retrofont
experimentalv0.2.2
Retro terminal font toolkit: TDF/FIGlet parsing, rendering, conversion.
38
retrofont-cli
experimentalv0.2.1
CLI for retrofont: Render and convert retro ASCII/ANSI art fonts
55
libasciic
experimentalv1.1.1
A library for converting images to ASCII art with optional ANSI colorization
Core Metrics
| retrofont | retrofont-cli | libasciic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 38 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 339 | 137 | 183 |
| 30d Downloads | 47 | 11 | 22 |
| Dependents | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 103d ago | 110d ago | 118d ago |
| Age | 4m | 4m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
retrofont
Maintenance
14
Quality
10
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
retrofont-cli
Maintenance
12
Quality
7
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
libasciic
Maintenance
13
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| retrofont | retrofont-cli | libasciic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 0.2.1 | 1.1.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 52KB | 90KB | 15KB |
| Features | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 33.3% | 40.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.88.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libasciic leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •retrofont has the most downloads (339), suggesting wider adoption.
- •retrofont, retrofont-cli are pre-1.0 — API may change.