Decision Workspace
video2ascii vs mediatoascii vs tapciify
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
video2ascii
growingv0.1.1
A tool to encode video into ASCII animation
41
mediatoascii
growingv0.8.0
Utilities for converting media files (images/videos) to ascii outputs (output media file or print to console). Supports most standard image formats, and video formats.
55
tapciify
growingv3.3.1
CLI tool that can let you view images in terminal as ASCII art
Core Metrics
| video2ascii | mediatoascii | tapciify | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 41 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 2.9K | 8.3K | 26.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 10 | 44 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Releases | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 1475d ago | 353d ago | 698d ago |
| Age | 4y | 3y 6m | 3y 2m |
Health Breakdown
video2ascii
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
mediatoascii
Maintenance
6
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
tapciify
Maintenance
7
Quality
21
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| video2ascii | mediatoascii | tapciify | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.8.0 | 3.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 11 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 2.0MB | 25KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.74 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tapciify leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ video2ascii, tapciify have not been updated in over a year.
- •video2ascii, mediatoascii are pre-1.0 — API may change.