Decision Workspace
ucui vs chess-tui vs cheshire_chess
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
ucui
growingv0.1.4
A minimal UCI engine frontend experiment
58
chess-tui
stablev2.7.1
Play chess in the terminal. Rust TUI, Stockfish, Lichess.
50
cheshire_chess
experimentalv0.3.2
Terminal chess — play 10 AI personalities, 5.8M puzzles, 62 study lessons, live multiplayer, mini-games
Core Metrics
| ucui | chess-tui | cheshire_chess | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 58 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 3.6K | 20.8K | 229 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 29 | 15 |
| Last Updated | 494d ago | 5d ago | 66d ago |
| Age | 1y 4m | 2y 5m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
ucui
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
2
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
chess-tui
Maintenance
19
Quality
18
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
cheshire_chess
Maintenance
15
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| ucui | chess-tui | cheshire_chess | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.4 | 2.7.1 | 0.3.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 12 | 17 | 12 |
| Crate Size | 232KB | 173KB | 84KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.75 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •chess-tui leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ ucui has not been updated in over a year.
- •ucui, cheshire_chess are pre-1.0 — API may change.