Decision Workspace
tcolour vs csscolorparser vs colour
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
tcolour
growingv0.1.3
A colour library aimed at use with Ratatui.
65
csscolorparser
growingv0.8.3
CSS color parser library
59
colour
growingv2.1.0
Macros for creating coloured console output.
Core Metrics
| tcolour | csscolorparser | colour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 65 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 2.4K | 10.8M | 295.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 2.1M | 4.6K |
| Dependents | 0 | 691 | 275 |
| Releases | 4 | 15 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 424d ago | 77d ago | 715d ago |
| Age | 1y 2m | 5y 5m | 9y 1m |
Health Breakdown
tcolour
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
csscolorparser
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
colour
Maintenance
5
Quality
20
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| tcolour | csscolorparser | colour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 0.8.3 | 2.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0-or-later | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 36KB | 47KB | 16KB |
| Features | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.70.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •csscolorparser leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •csscolorparser is depended on by 691 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ tcolour, colour have not been updated in over a year.
- •tcolour, csscolorparser are pre-1.0 — API may change.