Decision Workspace
rlm-ai vs librlm vs rlm-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
rlm-ai
experimentalv0.0.1
Recursive Language Models — sandboxed LLM inference with unbounded compute
42
librlm
experimentalv0.1.0
Recursive Language Models (RLM) - inference-time paradigm for arbitrarily long prompts
44
rlm-cli
experimentalv1.2.4
Recursive Language Model (RLM) REPL for Claude Code - handles long-context tasks via chunking and recursive sub-LLM calls
Core Metrics
| rlm-ai | librlm | rlm-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 42 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 17 | 18 | 44 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 108d ago | 69d ago | 107d ago |
| Age | 3m | 2m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
rlm-ai
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
librlm
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
rlm-cli
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| rlm-ai | librlm | rlm-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.1 | 0.1.0 | 1.2.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 12 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 1KB | 31KB | 600KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.88 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rlm-cli leads with a health score of 44/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rlm-ai, librlm are pre-1.0 — API may change.