Decision Workspace
rlm-cli vs librlm vs rlm-ai
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
rlm-cli
experimentalv1.2.4
Recursive Language Model (RLM) REPL for Claude Code - handles long-context tasks via chunking and recursive sub-LLM calls
44
librlm
experimentalv0.1.0
Recursive Language Models (RLM) - inference-time paradigm for arbitrarily long prompts
42
rlm-ai
experimentalv0.0.1
Recursive Language Models — sandboxed LLM inference with unbounded compute
Core Metrics
| rlm-cli | librlm | rlm-ai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 44 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 31 | 14 | 15 |
| 30d Downloads | 15 | 14 | 3 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 47d ago | 10d ago | 49d ago |
| Age | 1m | 10d | 1m |
Health Breakdown
rlm-cli
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
librlm
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
13
rlm-ai
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| rlm-cli | librlm | rlm-ai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.4 | 0.1.0 | 0.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 18 | 12 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 600KB | 31KB | 1KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.88 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rlm-cli leads with a health score of 47/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •librlm, rlm-ai are pre-1.0 — API may change.