Decision Workspace
svgbobdoc vs pikru vs mermaid-little
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
svgbobdoc
growingv0.3.0
Renders ASCII diagrams in doc comments as SVG images.
62
pikru
growingv1.2.1
A pure Rust implementation of pikchr, a PIC-like diagram markup language that generates SVG
62
mermaid-little
experimentalv11.14.0-4
Lightweight .mmd to .svg converter — byte-exact SVG parity with upstream Mermaid
Core Metrics
| svgbobdoc | pikru | mermaid-little | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 62 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 1.8M | 1.5K | 236 |
| 30d Downloads | 81.6K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 78 | 11 | 5 |
| Releases | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1580d ago | 34d ago | 7d ago |
| Age | 7y 1m | 6m | 8d |
Health Breakdown
svgbobdoc
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
9
pikru
Maintenance
17
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
mermaid-little
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
13
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| svgbobdoc | pikru | mermaid-little | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 1.2.1 | 11.14.0-4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 12 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 176KB | 1.5MB |
| Features | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.89 | 1.82 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •pikru leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •svgbobdoc has the most downloads (1.8M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ svgbobdoc has not been updated in over a year.
- •svgbobdoc is pre-1.0 — API may change.