Decision Workspace
bmp vs tinybmp vs imagefmt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
bmp
growingv0.5.0
Small library for reading and writing BMP images in Rust.
60
tinybmp
growingv0.7.0
No-std, low memory footprint BMP image loader
53
imagefmt
growingv4.0.0
Image decoders: PNG, TGA, BMP, JPEG. Encoders: PNG, TGA, BMP.
Core Metrics
| bmp | tinybmp | imagefmt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 60 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 261.3K | 497.9K | 156.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 8.0K | 25.1K | 1.1K |
| Dependents | 90 | 196 | 40 |
| Releases | 16 | 17 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 2415d ago | 72d ago | 3625d ago |
| Age | 11y 4m | 7y | 10y 10m |
Health Breakdown
bmp
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
tinybmp
Maintenance
13
Quality
10
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
imagefmt
Maintenance
4
Quality
20
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| bmp | tinybmp | imagefmt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.7.0 | 4.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 125KB | 29KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.9% | 5.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •tinybmp leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tinybmp is depended on by 196 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bmp, imagefmt have not been updated in over a year.
- •bmp, tinybmp are pre-1.0 — API may change.