# console-rs/dialoguer

Rust utility library for nice command line prompts and similar things

Repository: https://github.com/console-rs/dialoguer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dialoguer
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-08T13:22:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 52, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3403, "days_push": 56, "days_rel": 323, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1610, forks 176 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:10.918644+00:00)

## What it is
Dialoguer is a Rust library for building interactive command line prompts, such as confirmations, input fields, password prompts, and selection menus. It is part of the console-rs family of terminal UI libraries alongside console and indicatif.

## Use cases
- ask users yes/no confirmation questions in a CLI
- prompt for text or password input on the command line
- build interactive selection menus and multi-select lists in Rust
- create pickers for choosing items from a list in a terminal app
- add interactive setup wizards to a Rust command line tool

## When to choose
- you are writing a Rust CLI that needs interactive user input
- you want polished terminal prompts with minimal effort
- you already use console or indicatif and want a matching prompting library

## When to avoid
- you need full TUI layouts or complex terminal interfaces (use crossterm or ratatui instead)
- your tool must run non-interactively without a TTY
- you are not working in Rust

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: rust, cli, cross-platform
- tags: prompts, interactive-cli, terminal, user-input, menus, confirmation-dialogs, console, command-line

## Member repositories
- console-rs/dialoguer (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:10.918644+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:51:13.789945+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/console-rs/dialoguer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:10.918644+00:00, sha e3490cfb51bf)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/dialoguer (fetched 2026-08-29T11:23:12.214304+00:00, sha 85a456840375)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.