Decision Workspace
bpg2hevc vs heic vs libheif-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
bpg2hevc
growingv0.1.0
CLI tool to convert some BPG pictures to raw HEVC streams (and indirectly to HEIC images)
45
heic
experimentalv0.1.6
Pure Rust HEIC/HEIF image decoder with SIMD acceleration
64
libheif-rs
stablev2.7.0
Safe wrapper around the libheif-sys crate for parsing heif/heic files
Core Metrics
| bpg2hevc | heic | libheif-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 45 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6K | 2.7K | 384.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 1.7K | 31.3K |
| Dependents | 0 | 1 | 128 |
| Releases | 1 | 8 | 44 |
| Last Updated | 1117d ago | 7d ago | 89d ago |
| Age | 3y | 1m | 7y |
Health Breakdown
bpg2hevc
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
heic
Maintenance
13
Quality
9
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
libheif-rs
Maintenance
14
Quality
19
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| bpg2hevc | heic | libheif-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.6 | 2.7.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Imazen-Commercial | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 20 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 4KB | 321KB | 1.9MB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 12.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.89 | 1.82.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libheif-rs leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libheif-rs is depended on by 128 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bpg2hevc has not been updated in over a year.
- •bpg2hevc, heic are pre-1.0 — API may change.