Decision Workspace
terminal-emulator vs par-term-emu-core-rust vs ptyprocess
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
terminal-emulator
growingv0.1.0
A helper library for building terminal emulators, broken out from alacritty and inspired by libvte
59
par-term-emu-core-rust
experimentalv0.41.0
Comprehensive terminal emulator library in Rust with Python bindings - VT100/VT220/VT320/VT420/VT520 support, PTY, Sixel/iTerm2/Kitty graphics
54
ptyprocess
growingv0.5.0
A library to work with PTY/TTY on Unix systems
Core Metrics
| terminal-emulator | par-term-emu-core-rust | ptyprocess | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 59 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 2.7K | 1.6K | 543.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 20 | 483 | 66.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 69 | 59 |
| Releases | 1 | 50 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 2586d ago | 16d ago | 196d ago |
| Age | 7y 1m | 4m | 4y 8m |
Health Breakdown
terminal-emulator
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
9
par-term-emu-core-rust
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
11
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
ptyprocess
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| terminal-emulator | par-term-emu-core-rust | ptyprocess | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.41.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 48 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 45KB | 1.7MB | 14KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •par-term-emu-core-rust leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ptyprocess has the most downloads (543.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ terminal-emulator has not been updated in over a year.