Decision Workspace
rusty-termcolor vs colour vs color-output
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
rusty-termcolor
growingv0.1.62
A light-weight terminal coloring library for Rust
58
colour
growingv2.1.0
Macros for creating coloured console output.
65
color-output
stablev10.0.0
An atomic output library based on Rust that supports output functionalities through functions, builders, and other methods. It allows customization of text and background colors.
Core Metrics
| rusty-termcolor | colour | color-output | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 58 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 7.0K | 285.0K | 50.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 44 | 7.3K | 925 |
| Dependents | 6 | 278 | 940 |
| Releases | 5 | 13 | 81 |
| Last Updated | 503d ago | 656d ago | 52d ago |
| Age | 1y 7m | 8y 11m | 1y 3m |
Health Breakdown
rusty-termcolor
Maintenance
8
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
5
colour
Maintenance
5
Quality
19
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
color-output
Maintenance
16
Quality
19
Community
14
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| rusty-termcolor | colour | color-output | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.62 | 2.1.0 | 10.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | non-standard | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 16KB | 11KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •color-output leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •colour has the most downloads (285.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •color-output is depended on by 940 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rusty-termcolor, colour have not been updated in over a year.
- •rusty-termcolor is pre-1.0 — API may change.