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TUI for exploring crates.io using Ratatui. Version 0.1.25 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
TUI for exploring crates.io using Ratatui
Project links
Commands and aliases
- crates-tui
history
Project history and usage
crates-tui is a Ratatui-based terminal interface for exploring crates.io. It combines Rust package discovery with a reference implementation for small to medium Ratatui applications.
Project history
The ratatui/crates-tui repository was created in February 2024. Its README describes a simple crates.io explorer with clipboard support for cargo add commands, browser links for documentation and crates.io pages, configurable key chords, custom widgets, and async crate metadata fetching.
Adoption history
Official installation documentation is oriented first around cargo install, with an Arch Linux AUR example. Homebrew and Nix packaging in the supplied package facts indicate that it also moved into general-purpose package-manager distribution.
How it is used
Users run crates-tui to search crates.io from the terminal, inspect crate summaries, copy cargo add commands, and open documentation or crates.io pages in a browser.
Why package nerds care
crates-tui is package-nerd software in two senses: it is a package browser for the Rust ecosystem, and its upstream README explicitly frames the repository as an opinionated reference for organizing Ratatui TUI applications.
Timeline
- 2024: ratatui/crates-tui repository created.
- 2024: v0.1.3 release published.
- 2024: v0.1.7 release published.
Related projects
- The project is built on Ratatui and targets crates.io workflows; its README points readers to ratatui.rs for related tutorial material.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
$CRATES_TUI_CONFIG_HOME/config.toml$CRATES_TUI_CONFIG_HOME/color.yaml./.config/config.toml./.config/color.yaml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
crates-tui | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.1.25
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:crates-tui |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.25 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/ratatui/crates-tui |
| Repository | https://github.com/ratatui/crates-tui |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation