Decision Workspace
tellmewhy vs standout-input vs askit
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
tellmewhy
growingv0.1.0
Command line prompting
58
standout-input
experimentalv7.6.3
Declarative input collection for CLI applications
44
askit
experimentalv0.2.0
A simple and semantic library to ask for user input in CLI applications. Type-safe parsing, defaults and retries.
Core Metrics
| tellmewhy | standout-input | askit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 58 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 1.5K | 880 | 1.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 19 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 1168d ago | today | 327d ago |
| Age | 3y 2m | 5m | 10m |
Health Breakdown
tellmewhy
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
standout-input
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
askit
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| tellmewhy | standout-input | askit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 7.6.3 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 63KB | 8KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •standout-input leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tellmewhy has the most downloads (1.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ tellmewhy has not been updated in over a year.
- •tellmewhy, askit are pre-1.0 — API may change.