Decision Workspace
text-style vs parlance vs simple_colors
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
text-style
growingv0.3.0
Types and conversions for styled text
53
parlance
experimentalv0.1.0
Fundamental text property types
44
simple_colors
growingv1.0.1
Macros for formatting text with colors, backgrounds and styles like bold, italic and underlined.
Core Metrics
| text-style | parlance | simple_colors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 53 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 24.8K | 57 | 4.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.5K | 69 | 35 |
| Dependents | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| Releases | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 1743d ago | today | 1528d ago |
| Age | 5y 6m | 1d | 4y 2m |
Health Breakdown
text-style
Maintenance
3
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
parlance
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
simple_colors
Maintenance
3
Quality
21
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| text-style | parlance | simple_colors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.1.0 | 1.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 30KB | 24KB | 6KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.88 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •parlance leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •text-style has the most downloads (24.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ text-style, simple_colors have not been updated in over a year.
- •text-style, parlance are pre-1.0 — API may change.