colored
v3.1.1 GrowingThe most simple way to add colors in your terminal
Quick Verdict
- ✓Stable API (3.x for 10+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (65.4K crates depend on it)
Security
Deep Insights
13.7M downloads in the last 30 days (455.2K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
65.4K crates depend on colored — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 33 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 35KB, colored is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include asn1-rs, ark-std, mockito, simple_logger, fern. When high-quality crates choose colored, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
Docs, repo, license, metadata
Download Trend
Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on colored