console
v0.16.4 GrowingA terminal and console abstraction for Rust
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 12d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (33.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
23.8M downloads in the last 30 days (792.5K/day), up 1% from the previous period.
33.5K crates depend on console — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 57 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 9+ years old, console hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 34KB, console is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include indicatif, similar, comfy-table, insta, dialoguer. When high-quality crates choose console, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["unicode-width", "ansi-parsing", "std"]