Decision Workspace
rustyline vs editline vs rprompt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
64
rustyline
growingv17.0.2
Rustyline, a readline implementation based on Antirez's Linenoise
55
editline
experimentalv0.0.24
A platform-agnostic line editor with history and full editing capabilities
54
rprompt
growingv2.2.0
Prompt user input in console applications.
Core Metrics
| rustyline | editline | rprompt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 64 | 55 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 29.8M | 4.9K | 567.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 2.5M | 56 | 18.2K |
| Dependents | 9.5K | 12 | 366 |
| Releases | 46 | 24 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 174d ago | 152d ago | 341d ago |
| Age | 10y 6m | 5m | 8y 8m |
Health Breakdown
rustyline
Maintenance
10
Quality
18
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
editline
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
rprompt
Maintenance
6
Quality
20
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rustyline | editline | rprompt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 17.0.2 | 0.0.24 | 2.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Unlicense | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 26 | 24 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 122KB | 46KB | 8KB |
| Features | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.56 | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rustyline leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rustyline is depended on by 9.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •editline is pre-1.0 — API may change.