Decision Workspace
rltk vs bracket-terminal vs bracket-lib
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
rltk
growingv0.8.7
A CP437/ASCII terminal library and helpers to make creating roguelike games in Rust easy. Similar to libtcod, but aiming to be Rust-native.
41
bracket-terminal
growingv0.8.7
ASCII/Codepage 437 terminal emulator with a game loop. Defaults to OpenGL, also support WebGPU (for Vulkan/Metal/WGPU), Curses and Crossterm for output. Part of the bracket-lib family.
41
bracket-lib
growingv0.8.7
Meta-crate holding the entirety of bracket-lib (and exposing it). Use this for the full roguelike toolkit experience.
Core Metrics
| rltk | bracket-terminal | bracket-lib | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 41 | 41 |
| Total Downloads | 162.1K | 326.0K | 253.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 3.9K | 12.0K | 10.9K |
| Dependents | 12 | 14 | 11 |
| Releases | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1270d ago | 1270d ago | 1270d ago |
| Age | 6y 3m | 6y 1m | 6y 1m |
Health Breakdown
rltk
Maintenance
4
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
bracket-terminal
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
bracket-lib
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| rltk | bracket-terminal | bracket-lib | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.7 | 0.8.7 | 0.8.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 31 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 27KB | 1.9MB | 2.9MB |
| Features | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rltk leads with a health score of 47/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bracket-terminal has the most downloads (326.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ rltk, bracket-terminal, bracket-lib have not been updated in over a year.