Crates / anstyle-wincon / Alternatives
Rust crate alternatives · data Oct 24, 2026
Alternatives to anstyle-wincon
Short answerThe closest alternatives to anstyle-wincon on crates.io data are colorchoice (2.4M real downloads a day), yansi (738K real downloads a day), termcolor (992K real downloads a day). Of the 8 we list, the most used is colorchoice, and 3 shipped a release in the last year. anstyle-wincon itself gets 1,260,142 a day with 3 dependents.
Every alternative we found
| Alternative | Real downloads a day | vs anstyle-wincon | Dependents | Last release | Why it is listed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colorchoice Pulled in | 2,364,472 | 1.88x | 14 | 7mo | category Command-line interface, keyword "ansi", keyword "color" | compare |
| yansi Established | 737,990 | 0.59x | 312 | 2.6y | category Command-line interface, keyword "ansi", keyword "color" | compare |
| termcolor Established | 992,160 | 0.79x | 658 | 2.8y | keyword "ansi", keyword "color" | compare |
| anes Pulled in | 667,197 | 0.53x | 4 | 16mo | category Command-line interface, keyword "ansi", keyword "terminal" | compare |
| crossterm Widely used | 583,388 | 0.46x | 8,320 | 19mo | category Command-line interface, keyword "color", keyword "terminal" | compare |
| owo-colors Widely used | 481,334 | 0.38x | 1,465 | 58d | category Command-line interface, keyword "color", keyword "terminal" | compare |
| console Widely used | 1,086,966 | 0.86x | 2,339 | 44d | keyword "ansi", keyword "terminal" | compare |
| vte Established | 246,189 | 0.20x | 176 | 21mo | keyword "ansi", keyword "terminal" | compare |
How to choose
- Same job, not the same API. Each line is listed because it shares a crates.io category or keyword with anstyle-wincon; read its description before you swap.
- More dependents means more answered questions and a smaller chance it disappears.
- Check the last release against how fast you need fixes. For anstyle-wincon: is it still maintained?
Rules
Alternatives = tracked crates (top 1000 by downloads) that share a specific crates.io category (2 points each) or keyword (3 points each) with anstyle-wincon, most similar first; its own parts (same name prefix) and crates it depends on or that depend on it are left out, because those are companions, not substitutes. Real downloads = quiet-day median, crates.io data Oct 24, 2026. Built when we find 3 or more.
Up next
The closest alternative: Few direct dependents and steady. 2,364,472 real downloads a day.colorchoiceRust crate. Global override of color control. Real use: 2.4M downloads a day on quiet days; 14 crates depend on it.Read it next →Also worth your time