Decision Workspace
tellmewhy vs standout-input vs askit
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
tellmewhy
growingv0.1.0
Command line prompting
51
standout-input
experimentalv7.0.0
Declarative input collection for CLI applications
45
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 | 51 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 1.5K | 120 | 1.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| Dependents | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 1060d ago | 38d ago | 219d ago |
| Age | 2y 11m | 1m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
tellmewhy
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
standout-input
Maintenance
14
Quality
18
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
askit
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| tellmewhy | standout-input | askit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 7.0.0 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 41KB | 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 51/100, 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.