Decision Workspace
timber-rs vs timberjack vs colog
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
timber-rs
growingv0.1.0-alpha.3
A CLI tool that fells log files with speed and insight
41
timberjack
growingv0.1.0-beta.1
A CLI tool that fells log files with speed and insight
60
colog
growingv1.4.0
The `colog` library is a simple formatter backend for the standard rust logging system (in the `log` crate).
Core Metrics
| timber-rs | timberjack | colog | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 41 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 1.8K | 1.3K | 326.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 4 | 70.2K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 396 |
| Releases | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 369d ago | 361d ago | 196d ago |
| Age | 1y | 1y | 8y 11m |
Health Breakdown
timber-rs
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
timberjack
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
colog
Maintenance
10
Quality
20
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| timber-rs | timberjack | colog | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0-alpha.3 | 0.1.0-beta.1 | 1.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | LGPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 62KB | 79KB | 28KB |
| Features | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •colog leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •colog is depended on by 396 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ timber-rs has not been updated in over a year.
- •timber-rs, timberjack are pre-1.0 — API may change.