Decision Workspace
rl-sys vs rustyline vs editline
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
rl-sys
growingv0.5.2
Native bindings to libreadline.
64
rustyline
growingv17.0.2
Rustyline, a readline implementation based on Antirez's Linenoise
55
editline
experimentalv0.0.24
A platform-agnostic line editor with history and full editing capabilities
Core Metrics
| rl-sys | rustyline | editline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 64 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 43.7K | 29.8M | 4.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 185 | 2.6M | 58 |
| Dependents | 35 | 9.5K | 12 |
| Releases | 17 | 46 | 24 |
| Last Updated | 3571d ago | 174d ago | 152d ago |
| Age | 11y 2m | 10y 6m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
rl-sys
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
rustyline
Maintenance
10
Quality
18
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
editline
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rl-sys | rustyline | editline | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.2 | 17.0.2 | 0.0.24 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT | MIT OR Unlicense |
| Dependencies | 9 | 26 | 24 |
| Crate Size | 2.4MB | 122KB | 46KB |
| Features | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.56 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rustyline leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rustyline is depended on by 9.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rl-sys has not been updated in over a year.
- •rl-sys, editline are pre-1.0 — API may change.