Decision Workspace
blockies vs eth-blockies vs lodepng
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
blockies
growingv0.3.0
Library that generates blocky identicons.
48
eth-blockies
growingv1.1.0
A pure Rust lightweight library/binary to get raw data of Ethereum-style blocky identicon, which can be used for generating blockies icon images, printing to terminal, etc.
74
lodepng
stablev3.12.2
Reading and writing PNG files without system dependencies. Pure Rust port of LodePNG.
Core Metrics
| blockies | eth-blockies | lodepng | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 48 | 74 |
| Total Downloads | 9.8K | 87.0K | 2.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 138 | 331 | 132.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 2 | 482 |
| Releases | 3 | 5 | 110 |
| Last Updated | 2493d ago | 999d ago | 39d ago |
| Age | 9y | 4y | 11y 2m |
Health Breakdown
blockies
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
6
eth-blockies
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
lodepng
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| blockies | eth-blockies | lodepng | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 1.1.0 | 3.12.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | Zlib |
| Dependencies | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 31KB | 53KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 40.0% | 57.3% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.63 | 1.72 |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •lodepng leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •lodepng is depended on by 482 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ blockies, eth-blockies have not been updated in over a year.
- •blockies is pre-1.0 — API may change.