Crates / Compare / console vs terminal_size
Rust crates side by side · data Oct 24, 2026
console vs terminal_size
Short answerBy steady daily use, console is bigger: 1,086,966 real downloads a day against 513,098 for terminal_size (2.1x). 2,339 crates depend on console and 791 on terminal_size. console last shipped 44 days ago, terminal_size 7 months ago.
console
Widely usedWidely used and losing ground.
2,339 crates depend on it; downloads don't spike on releases.
A terminal and console abstraction for Rust
terminal_size
EstablishedEstablished and steady.
791 crates depend on it; no release in the last 90 days, so its count is all steady use.
Gets the size of your Linux or Windows terminal
consoleterminal_size · 100% = that crate's normal quiet day, so a spike to 300% is triple its usual traffic
Every number, side by side
| Same window, same method | console | terminal_size |
|---|---|---|
| Real downloads a day | 1,086,966 | 513,098 |
| Crates that depend on it | 2,339 | 791 |
| Last release | 0.16.6, 44 days ago | 0.4.4, 7 months ago |
| Trend vs the field | -12% | +2% |
| Release-window share | 2.4% | 0.0% |
| Downloads in the window | 93,632,125 | 47,445,380 |
| All-time downloads | 392,581,131 | 227,864,092 |
| Versions published | 53 | 29 |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| MSRV | 1.71 | 1.71 |
| First published | May 9, 2017 | Aug 26, 2015 |
Which to pick
- Downloads tell you what is common, not what fits. Each crate's own description above says what it is for; when the jobs differ, pick by the job.
- When both fit, prefer the one more crates depend on (console, 2,339 dependents): more eyes, more answered questions, and you may already have it in your tree.
- Check the release dates against your own pace: console 44 days ago, terminal_size 7 months ago.
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Method
Real downloads = the median day with no release that day or the day before, from the crates.io API (Jul 27, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026). Raw crates.io counts include CI and bots and run high (why); the method is from our 90-day study.
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