Decision Workspace
smol-tool vs paris vs ocli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
smol-tool
experimentalv0.6.0
Smart Minimal Output Logger — run commands and get summarized output for LLMs
58
paris
growingv1.5.15
A simple logger for your CLI apps or other things you want in the terminal
46
ocli
growingv0.3.0
A simple, opinionated logger for command line tools
Core Metrics
| smol-tool | paris | ocli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 58 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 19 | 840.9K | 52.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 28.6K | 957 |
| Dependents | 0 | 252 | 27 |
| Releases | 1 | 32 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 14d ago | 1201d ago | 236d ago |
| Age | 14d | 6y 4m | 2y 5m |
Health Breakdown
smol-tool
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
paris
Maintenance
6
Quality
20
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
ocli
Maintenance
7
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| smol-tool | paris | ocli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 1.5.15 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 136KB | 21KB | 118KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 6.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •paris leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •paris is depended on by 252 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ paris has not been updated in over a year.
- •smol-tool, ocli are pre-1.0 — API may change.