# mikaelmello/inquire

A Rust library for building interactive prompts

Repository: https://github.com/mikaelmello/inquire
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/inquire
Homepage: https://docs.rs/inquire
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: rust, cli, prompt, command-line, interactive, terminal, tui
Last push: 2026-03-02T14:42:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 70, release rhythm 72, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1905, "days_push": 184, "days_rel": 190, "gap_med": 10.0, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2621, forks 111 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:05.025690+00:00)

## What it is
inquire is a Rust library for building interactive terminal prompts, offering prompt types like Text, Select, MultiSelect, Confirm, Password, DateSelect, and Editor. It is cross-platform (UNIX and Windows), supports multiple terminal backends (crossterm, termion, console), and allows fine-grained customization of themes, validators, formatters, and autocompletion.

## Use cases
- ask user to select an option from a list in a rust cli
- build interactive yes/no confirmation prompts in the terminal
- prompt for password input without echoing in a command-line tool
- add fuzzy autocompletion to text input in a cli app
- create a multi-select checkbox prompt in rust
- let users pick a date via an interactive calendar in the terminal
- collect user input for a cli questionnaire or wizard

## When to choose
- you are writing a Rust CLI and need polished interactive prompts
- you need multiple prompt types (select, multiselect, confirm, password, date) from one library
- you want cross-platform terminal support with a choice of backend (crossterm, termion, console)
- you need customizable themes, validators, formatters, and autocompletion

## When to avoid
- you need a full TUI framework with windows, panels, and event loops rather than simple prompts
- your project is not in Rust
- you only need simple positional arguments or flags parsed from the command line
- you need prompts in a GUI or web application

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: cli, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: rust, windows, cli
- tags: interactive-prompts, tui, user-input, crossterm, select-prompt, password-prompt, autocompletion, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mikaelmello/inquire (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:05.025690+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 2026-08-30T02:20:06.692609+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: https://docs.rs/inquire (fetched 2026-08-29T10:03:11.328703+00:00, sha 533620b7c516)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.