Charming vs malevich
A data-driven comparison of two Rust plotting & visualization libraries: popularity, development activity, licensing and installation. Updated .
Key differences
- Charming has 37× as many GitHub stars as malevich (2.6K vs 70).
- malevich had more development activity over the last 12 months: 288 commits vs 12.
- Charming is downloaded 153× as often on crates.io (292.1K vs 1.9K per 90 days).
- Both are released under the Apache-2.0 license.
- Charming is the older project: its repository was created in 2023, malevich's in 2026.
By the numbers
- Charming
- malevich
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| Metric | Charming | malevich |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 2,600 | 70 |
| crates.io downloads / 90 days | 292,114 | 1,913 |
| Commits, last 12 months | 12 | 288 |
| Contributors | 25 | 2 |
| Forks | 119 | 3 |
Development activity
Commits per month to each default branch, last 12 complete months.
- Charming
- malevich
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| Month | Charming | malevich |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2025 | 7 | 0 |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 3 | 0 |
| Feb 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | 236 |
| Sep 2026 | 2 | 52 |
Side by side
| Attribute | Charming | malevich |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Chart rendering library for Rust powered by Apache ECharts. | Terminal plotting: line, scatter, bar, histogram, heatmap, box plot, violin and more, with automatic axes. |
| Category | Rust plotting & visualization libraries | Rust plotting & visualization libraries |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Language | Rust | Rust |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Latest release | – | v1.21.0 () |
| Last commit | ||
| Repository created | ||
| Open issues | 15 | 0 |
| Install | cargo add charming | cargo add malevich |
Which should you choose?
Popularity and activity are only part of the story. Consider which ecosystem you work in, the chart types and interactions you need, how much data you render, and whether the license fits your project. Both tool pages list alternatives if neither is quite right.