Decision Workspace
rucola-notes vs qnote vs ekphos
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
rucola-notes
growingv0.8.2
Terminal-based markdown note manager.
53
qnote
experimentalv1.1.0
A fast, lightweight terminal-based note-taking application
45
ekphos
experimentalv0.20.10
A lightweight, fast, terminal-based markdown research tool inspired by Obsidian
Core Metrics
| rucola-notes | qnote | ekphos | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 53 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 8.4K | 729 | 1.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 34 | 8 | 147 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 84d ago | 158d ago | 49d ago |
| Age | 1y 8m | 5m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
rucola-notes
Maintenance
15
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
qnote
Maintenance
17
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
ekphos
Maintenance
16
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| rucola-notes | qnote | ekphos | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.2 | 1.1.0 | 0.20.10 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-only | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 25 | 11 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 231KB | 43KB | 1.1MB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •qnote leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rucola-notes has the most downloads (8.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rucola-notes, ekphos are pre-1.0 — API may change.