Decision Workspace
selfware vs assistant vs mind-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
selfware
experimentalv0.2.2
Your personal AI workshop — software you own, software that lasts
52
assistant
experimentalv1.4.1
Agent-agnostic CLI super-app; aggregates all coding agent CLI tools into a single binary
51
mind-cli
experimentalv0.17.0
A manager for agent tooling (skills, agents, rules, tools) that melds arbitrary git repos and links items into your agent directories.
Core Metrics
| selfware | assistant | mind-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 52 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 181 | 79 | 230 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 124d ago | 17d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 4m | 2m | 17d |
Health Breakdown
selfware
Maintenance
14
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
assistant
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
mind-cli
Maintenance
17
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| selfware | assistant | mind-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 1.4.1 | 0.17.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 71 | 12 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 1.6MB | 44KB | 746KB |
| Features | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.91 | 1.74 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •assistant leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mind-cli has the most downloads (230), suggesting wider adoption.
- •selfware, mind-cli are pre-1.0 — API may change.