Decision Workspace
terminal-prompt vs cliclack vs standout-input
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
terminal-prompt
growingv0.2.3
Tiny library for prompting sensitive or non-sensitive data on the terminal
62
cliclack
growingv0.5.5
Beautiful, minimal, opinionated CLI prompts inspired by the Clack NPM package.
58
standout-input
experimentalv7.6.3
Declarative input collection for CLI applications
Core Metrics
| terminal-prompt | cliclack | standout-input | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 62 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6M | 2.6M | 880 |
| 30d Downloads | 78.0K | 179.1K | 0 |
| Dependents | 52 | 663 | 11 |
| Releases | 5 | 38 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 1069d ago | 8d ago | today |
| Age | 2y 11m | 2y 12m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
terminal-prompt
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
cliclack
Maintenance
18
Quality
10
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
standout-input
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| terminal-prompt | cliclack | standout-input | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.3 | 0.5.5 | 7.6.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 38KB | 63KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.66 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cliclack leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •cliclack is depended on by 663 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ terminal-prompt has not been updated in over a year.
- •terminal-prompt, cliclack are pre-1.0 — API may change.