Decision Workspace
tcod vs doryen-extra vs rltk
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
tcod
growingv0.15.0
The Rust bindings for the Doryen library (a.k.a. libtcod).
39
doryen-extra
growingv0.2.1
Doryen-extra aims to be a loose re-implementation of the utility features from the popular roguelike library named libtcod
47
rltk
growingv0.8.7
A CP437/ASCII terminal library and helpers to make creating roguelike games in Rust easy. Similar to libtcod, but aiming to be Rust-native.
Core Metrics
| tcod | doryen-extra | rltk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 39 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 180.7K | 4.7K | 162.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 2.8K | 6 | 3.7K |
| Dependents | 23 | 0 | 12 |
| Releases | 29 | 3 | 15 |
| Last Updated | 2483d ago | 1839d ago | 1270d ago |
| Age | 11y 2m | 5y 10m | 6y 3m |
Health Breakdown
tcod
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
9
doryen-extra
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
rltk
Maintenance
4
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| tcod | doryen-extra | rltk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.15.0 | 0.2.1 | 0.8.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | WTFPL | BSD-3-Clause | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 642KB | 55KB | 27KB |
| Features | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rltk leads with a health score of 47/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tcod has the most downloads (180.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ tcod, doryen-extra, rltk have not been updated in over a year.