Decision Workspace
swash vs jitter vs pen-and-paper
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
63
swash
growingv0.2.7
Font introspection, complex text shaping and glyph rendering.
47
jitter
experimentalv0.2.0
Add natural handwriting-like variation to digital text
39
pen-and-paper
growingv0.0.0
An experimental font rendering library for Rust GUI libraries (placeholder)
Core Metrics
| swash | jitter | pen-and-paper | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 63 | 47 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 7.2M | 28 | 1.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 818.8K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 808 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 59d ago | 32d ago | 1955d ago |
| Age | 5y | 1m | 5y 4m |
Health Breakdown
swash
Maintenance
15
Quality
12
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
jitter
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
pen-and-paper
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| swash | jitter | pen-and-paper | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.7 | 0.2.0 | 0.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 238KB | 29KB | 2KB |
| Features | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 10.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | — |
| Owners | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •swash leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •swash is depended on by 808 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ pen-and-paper has not been updated in over a year.