Decision Workspace
spinach vs spinoff vs spinners
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
57
spinach
growingv3.2.0
Practical spinner for Rust
54
spinoff
growingv0.8.0
Simple to use Rust library for displaying spinners in the terminal
70
spinners
stablev4.2.0
🛎 60+ Elegant terminal spinners for Rust
Core Metrics
| spinach | spinoff | spinners | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 57 | 54 | 70 |
| Total Downloads | 43.2K | 563.2K | 5.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 946 | 45.5K | 230.8K |
| Dependents | 144 | 354 | 1.2K |
| Releases | 10 | 13 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 112d ago | 966d ago | 23d ago |
| Age | 4y | 3y 8m | 8y 3m |
Health Breakdown
spinach
Maintenance
10
Quality
17
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
spinoff
Maintenance
6
Quality
19
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
spinners
Maintenance
15
Quality
21
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| spinach | spinoff | spinners | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 3.2.0 | 0.8.0 | 4.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 12KB | 10KB |
| Features | 0 | 86 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 10.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •spinners leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •spinners is depended on by 1.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠spinoff has not been updated in over a year.
- •spinoff is pre-1.0 — API may change.