Decision Workspace
rustui vs lscolors vs crossterm
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
rustui
experimentalv0.3.7
Terminal UI library for Linux and Unix-like systems
59
lscolors
growingv0.21.0
Colorize paths using the LS_COLORS environment variable
57
crossterm
growingv0.29.0
A crossplatform terminal library for manipulating terminals.
Core Metrics
| rustui | lscolors | crossterm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 59 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 5.3K | 5.4M | 135.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 331.0K | 12.2M |
| Dependents | 0 | 779 | 54.8K |
| Releases | 18 | 25 | 70 |
| Last Updated | 75d ago | 218d ago | 415d ago |
| Age | 9m | 7y 5m | 8y 4m |
Health Breakdown
rustui
Maintenance
15
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
lscolors
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
crossterm
Maintenance
8
Quality
11
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| rustui | lscolors | crossterm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.7 | 0.21.0 | 0.29.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| Crate Size | 114KB | 28KB | 137KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 5.6% | 0.0% | 8.6% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.76.0 | 1.63.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lscolors leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •crossterm has the most downloads (135.8M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •crossterm is depended on by 54.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ crossterm has not been updated in over a year.