Decision Workspace
standout-input vs askit vs velvetio
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
standout-input
experimentalv7.6.3
Declarative input collection for CLI applications
44
askit
experimentalv0.2.0
A simple and semantic library to ask for user input in CLI applications. Type-safe parsing, defaults and retries.
37
velvetio
experimentalv0.1.0
Simple and elegant CLI input for Rust - no more stdin().read_line() pain
Core Metrics
| standout-input | askit | velvetio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 44 | 37 |
| Total Downloads | 880 | 1.1K | 481 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 19 | 3 | 1 |
| Last Updated | today | 327d ago | 352d ago |
| Age | 5m | 10m | 11m |
Health Breakdown
standout-input
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
askit
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
velvetio
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| standout-input | askit | velvetio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 7.6.3 | 0.2.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 63KB | 8KB | 16KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •standout-input leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •askit has the most downloads (1.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •askit, velvetio are pre-1.0 — API may change.