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Charcoal vs Neve

At a glance

  • Neve has more active installs: 200K+, against 30+ for Charcoal.
  • On a typical day, Neve is downloaded about 2,117 times, Charcoal about 0.
  • Charcoal has no reviews yet.
  • Neve was updated more recently: Nov 6, 2026, against Jan 7, 2009 for Charcoal.
  • Charcoal has been around longer: since 2009, against 2018 for Neve.

Line by line

Neve leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricCharcoalNeve
Popular rank–#16
Active installs30+200K+
Downloads, last 30 days1122K
RatingNo ratings4.7(1.3K)
Last release18 years ago4 days ago
Requires PHP–7.0

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