Decision Workspace
chartml-render vs rpic-render vs flatter
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
chartml-render
experimentalv5.1.0
Server-side ChartML rendering: ChartElement tree → SVG → PNG
56
rpic-render
experimentalv0.11.0
Raster (PNG) and PDF rendering for rpic, by rasterizing/converting its SVG output (pure Rust: resvg/tiny-skia, svg2pdf).
26
flatter
growingv0.1.0
A command line utility for rendering PNGs from SVGs
Core Metrics
| chartml-render | rpic-render | flatter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 56 | 26 |
| Total Downloads | 700 | 556 | 1.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| Releases | 6 | 19 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 33d ago | 2d ago | 1803d ago |
| Age | 3m | 14d | 4y 11m |
Health Breakdown
chartml-render
Maintenance
17
Quality
18
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
rpic-render
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
flatter
Maintenance
1
Quality
11
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
7
Technical Details
| chartml-render | rpic-render | flatter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 5.1.0 | 0.11.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | BSD-2-Clause | non-standard |
| Dependencies | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 24KB | 453KB | 2.1MB |
| Features | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rpic-render leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •flatter has the most downloads (1.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ flatter has not been updated in over a year.
- •rpic-render, flatter are pre-1.0 — API may change.