Decision Workspace
vari vs owo-colors vs colorz
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
vari
growingv0.2.1
A library for formatting strings with colors and cosmetic stuff to the terminal.
75
owo-colors
stablev4.3.0
Zero-allocation terminal colors that'll make people go owo
56
colorz
growingv1.1.4
A terminal text-coloring library
Core Metrics
| vari | owo-colors | colorz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 75 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 13.2K | 104.8M | 427.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 14 | 8.6M | 54.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 9.8K | 34 |
| Releases | 11 | 41 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 1532d ago | 33d ago | 494d ago |
| Age | 4y 2m | 5y 7m | 2y 8m |
Health Breakdown
vari
Maintenance
10
Quality
12
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
owo-colors
Maintenance
17
Quality
18
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
colorz
Maintenance
5
Quality
22
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| vari | owo-colors | colorz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 4.3.0 | 1.1.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 70KB | 31KB | 33KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 9.1% | 17.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.81 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •owo-colors leads with a health score of 75/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •owo-colors is depended on by 9.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ vari, colorz have not been updated in over a year.
- •vari is pre-1.0 — API may change.