Decision Workspace
whi vs cargo-whichp vs quale
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
whi
experimentalv0.6.6
Stupid simple PATH management
46
cargo-whichp
growingv0.1.2
Cli for debugging executable lookup
43
quale
growingv1.0.0
A Rust port of the `which` utility. Locates an executable in the user’s path.
Core Metrics
| whi | cargo-whichp | quale | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 46 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 4.6K | 1.6K | 56.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 22 | 8 | 390 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Releases | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 171d ago | 146d ago | 3624d ago |
| Age | 5m | 3y 1m | 9y 11m |
Health Breakdown
whi
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
cargo-whichp
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
quale
Maintenance
1
Quality
20
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| whi | cargo-whichp | quale | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.6 | 0.1.2 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 93KB | 4KB | 2KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | 1.90 | 1.64 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •whi leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •quale has the most downloads (56.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ quale has not been updated in over a year.
- •whi, cargo-whichp are pre-1.0 — API may change.