cursive
v0.21.1 GrowingA TUI (Text User Interface) library focused on ease-of-use.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (1.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
78.4K downloads in the last 30 days (2.6K/day), up 21% from the previous period.
1.5K crates depend on cursive. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
cursive has only 1 owner despite 1.5K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
Despite being 9+ years old, cursive hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 42KB, cursive is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include below-common, cursive_table_view, cursive-tabs, ncspot, cursive-multiplex. When high-quality crates choose cursive, 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
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Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on cursive
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Feature Flags
default =["crossterm-backend"]
