When do you use ganache-cli and when do you use ganache-core?

Question

I have seen two usages over the internet

1.

const ganache = require("ganache-cli");
web3.setProvider(ganache.provider());

2.

const ganache = require("ganache-core");
web3.setProvider(ganache.provider());

What is the main differene in these two cases. I know that ganache-cli utilizes ganache-core. What is the addon that ganache-cli is providing.

Answer 1

Ganache github clearly mentions below statement.

ganache-cli utilizes ganache-core internally, which is distributed with optional native dependencies for increased performance. If these native dependencies fail to install on your system ganache-cli will automatically fallback to ganache-core’s pre-bundled JavaScript build.

You can use ganache-core as well but depending on your system you may get better performance using ganache-cli .