Decision Workspace
terminal vs tui-widgets vs console
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
terminal
growingv0.2.1
Unified API over different TUI libraries.
69
tui-widgets
growingv0.7.0
A collection of useful widgets for building terminal user interfaces using Ratatui
68
console
growingv0.16.3
A terminal and console abstraction for Rust
Core Metrics
| terminal | tui-widgets | console | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 69 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 34.6K | 45.4K | 210.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 600 | 6.1K | 19.9M |
| Dependents | 19 | 133 | 27.3K |
| Releases | 7 | 23 | 51 |
| Last Updated | 2247d ago | 82d ago | 14d ago |
| Age | 10y 11m | 1y 8m | 8y 10m |
Health Breakdown
terminal
Maintenance
3
Quality
10
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
tui-widgets
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
17
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
console
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| terminal | tui-widgets | console | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 0.7.0 | 0.16.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 47KB | 49KB | 34KB |
| Features | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 57.1% | 0.0% | 7.8% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.87.0 | 1.71 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tui-widgets leads with a health score of 69/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •console has the most downloads (210.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •console is depended on by 27.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ terminal has not been updated in over a year.