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colored_text

v0.5.1 Growing

A simple library for adding colors and styles to terminal text

MIT Edition 2021
Command line utilitiesText processing #text#ansi#terminal#color#formatting

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 8d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (27KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
9.4K
Dependents
50
Releases
8
Size
27KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

1.3K downloads in the last 30 days (42/day), up 104% from the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 1+ years old, colored_text hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 26KB, colored_text is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Notable yanked versions

25% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include manaba-cli, lsplus, yamake, interstice-core, license-signer. When high-quality crates choose colored_text, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 17/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 10/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 5/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
25/day avg+41%
0501004/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.3.0
73%
v0.2.0
8%
v0.1.1
8%
v0.4.1
8%
v0.5.1
4%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
50
crates depend on colored_text

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