Decision Workspace
vt100-psmux vs par-term-emu-core-rust vs beecast-player
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
vt100-psmux
experimentalv0.16.8
Library for parsing terminal data (psmux fork with blink/hidden/strikethrough SGR + CSI cursor patches)
61
par-term-emu-core-rust
experimentalv0.45.0
Comprehensive terminal emulator library in Rust with Python bindings - VT100/VT220/VT320/VT420/VT520 support, PTY, Sixel/iTerm2/Kitty graphics
57
beecast-player
experimentalv0.10.6
The first-party beecast player — a clean-room, dependency-free asciicast (v1/v2/v3) player and VT emulator, exposed as inlinable JS/CSS string constants, with live-follow append for recordings that are still growing.
Core Metrics
| vt100-psmux | par-term-emu-core-rust | beecast-player | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 61 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 2.5K | 3.0K | 715 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 14 | 112 | 39 |
| Releases | 7 | 60 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 31d ago | 4d ago | today |
| Age | 4m | 7m | 3d |
Health Breakdown
vt100-psmux
Maintenance
18
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
par-term-emu-core-rust
Maintenance
19
Quality
11
Community
12
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
beecast-player
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| vt100-psmux | par-term-emu-core-rust | beecast-player | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.16.8 | 0.45.0 | 0.10.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 52 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 39KB | 1.8MB | 42KB |
| Features | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.70 | 1.90 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •par-term-emu-core-rust leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •par-term-emu-core-rust is depended on by 112 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.