Decision Workspace
roomor vs tchux vs termchat
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
roomor
growingv0.4.8
Minimalistic offline chat over local network.
44
tchux
growingv0.2.1
LAN chat app
43
termchat
growingv1.3.1
Distributed LAN chat application in the terminal
Core Metrics
| roomor | tchux | termchat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 44 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 21.7K | 4.7K | 11.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 25 | 7 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 70d ago | 180d ago | 1622d ago |
| Age | 2y 2m | 1y 8m | 5y 8m |
Health Breakdown
roomor
Maintenance
15
Quality
8
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
tchux
Maintenance
10
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
termchat
Maintenance
4
Quality
19
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| roomor | tchux | termchat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.8 | 0.2.1 | 1.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 23 | 13 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 425KB | 19KB | 74KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 8.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tchux leads with a health score of 44/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •roomor has the most downloads (21.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ termchat has not been updated in over a year.
- •roomor, tchux are pre-1.0 — API may change.