Decision Workspace
ucui vs cheshire_chess vs chess-tui
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
ucui
growingv0.1.4
A minimal UCI engine frontend experiment
54
cheshire_chess
experimentalv0.3.2
Terminal chess — play 10 AI personalities, 5.8M puzzles, 62 study lessons, live multiplayer, mini-games
52
chess-tui
stablev2.5.1
Play chess from your terminal 🦀
Core Metrics
| ucui | cheshire_chess | chess-tui | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 54 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 3.6K | 217 | 20.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 217 | 179 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 15 | 24 |
| Last Updated | 435d ago | 7d ago | 29d ago |
| Age | 1y 2m | 12d | 2y 3m |
Health Breakdown
ucui
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
2
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
cheshire_chess
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
chess-tui
Maintenance
17
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| ucui | cheshire_chess | chess-tui | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.4 | 0.3.2 | 2.5.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 12 | 12 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 232KB | 84KB | 689KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.75 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cheshire_chess leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •chess-tui has the most downloads (20.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ ucui has not been updated in over a year.
- •ucui, cheshire_chess are pre-1.0 — API may change.