Decision Workspace
sty vs owo-colors vs colorz
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
sty
growingv0.3.1
Color terminal outputs in a minimal, macro-based, and dead simple way.
75
owo-colors
stablev4.3.0
Zero-allocation terminal colors that'll make people go owo
56
colorz
growingv1.1.4
A terminal text-coloring library
Core Metrics
| sty | owo-colors | colorz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 75 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 6.3K | 104.8M | 427.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 8.6M | 54.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 9.8K | 34 |
| Releases | 4 | 41 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 736d ago | 33d ago | 494d ago |
| Age | 2y | 5y 7m | 2y 8m |
Health Breakdown
sty
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
owo-colors
Maintenance
17
Quality
18
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
colorz
Maintenance
5
Quality
22
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| sty | owo-colors | colorz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 4.3.0 | 1.1.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 31KB | 33KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 17.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.81 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •owo-colors leads with a health score of 75/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •owo-colors is depended on by 9.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ sty, colorz have not been updated in over a year.
- •sty is pre-1.0 — API may change.