Decision Workspace
stylic vs parse-style vs simple_colour
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
stylic
growingv0.3.1
A simple, fast library for styling text with ANSI escape codes
50
parse-style
experimentalv0.2.0
Parse & display rich-compatible style strings
49
simple_colour
experimentalv1.0.4
A crate that allows programmers to change the style or colour of their strings
Core Metrics
| stylic | parse-style | simple_colour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 50 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 6.2K | 1.6K | 68 |
| 30d Downloads | 24 | 133 | 3 |
| Dependents | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 368d ago | 91d ago | 63d ago |
| Age | 1y 6m | 9m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
stylic
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
parse-style
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
simple_colour
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| stylic | parse-style | simple_colour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 0.2.0 | 1.0.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MPL-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 32KB | 5KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 80.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.86 | 1.56.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •parse-style leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •stylic has the most downloads (6.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ stylic has not been updated in over a year.
- •stylic, parse-style are pre-1.0 — API may change.