Decision Workspace
turtle-svg vs merman vs merman-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
turtle-svg
growingv0.1.1
Turtle graphics, SVG rendering
55
merman
experimentalv0.4.0
Rust, headless Mermaid implementation (1:1 parity; pinned to mermaid@11.12.3).
51
merman-cli
experimentalv0.4.0
CLI to parse/layout/render Mermaid diagrams to SVG/PNG/JPG/PDF (headless).
Core Metrics
| turtle-svg | merman | merman-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 55 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 3.4K | 403 | 57 |
| 30d Downloads | 35 | 371 | 35 |
| Dependents | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1296d ago | 15d ago | 15d ago |
| Age | 3y 6m | 1m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
turtle-svg
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
merman
Maintenance
15
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
merman-cli
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| turtle-svg | merman | merman-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.4.0 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 48KB | 27KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.87 | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •merman leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •turtle-svg has the most downloads (3.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ turtle-svg has not been updated in over a year.