Decision Workspace
spinoff vs spinners vs spinach
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
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
57
spinach
growingv3.2.0
Practical spinner for Rust
Core Metrics
| spinoff | spinners | spinach | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 70 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 563.2K | 5.8M | 43.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 45.5K | 230.8K | 946 |
| Dependents | 354 | 1.2K | 144 |
| Releases | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 966d ago | 23d ago | 112d ago |
| Age | 3y 8m | 8y 3m | 4y |
Health Breakdown
spinoff
Maintenance
6
Quality
19
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
spinners
Maintenance
15
Quality
21
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
spinach
Maintenance
10
Quality
17
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| spinoff | spinners | spinach | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.0 | 4.2.0 | 3.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 10KB | 6KB |
| Features | 86 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.0% |
| 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.