Decision Workspace
shellwords vs brush-interactive vs brush-parser
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
shellwords
growingv1.1.0
Manipulate strings according to the word parsing rules of the UNIX Bourne shell.
57
brush-interactive
growingv0.3.0
Interactive layer of brush-shell
54
brush-parser
growingv0.3.0
POSIX/bash shell tokenizer and parsers (used by brush-shell)
Core Metrics
| shellwords | brush-interactive | brush-parser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 57 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 6.6M | 20.0K | 54.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 248.7K | 258 | 17.4K |
| Dependents | 505 | 41 | 73 |
| Releases | 3 | 23 | 23 |
| Last Updated | 2099d ago | 130d ago | 130d ago |
| Age | 8y 6m | 1y 9m | 1y 9m |
Health Breakdown
shellwords
Maintenance
3
Quality
20
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
brush-interactive
Maintenance
14
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
brush-parser
Maintenance
14
Quality
11
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| shellwords | brush-interactive | brush-parser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 39KB | 74KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.7% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.87.0 | 1.87.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Links
Quick Verdict
- •brush-interactive leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •shellwords has the most downloads (6.6M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •shellwords is depended on by 505 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ shellwords has not been updated in over a year.
- •brush-interactive, brush-parser are pre-1.0 — API may change.