Decision Workspace
colorous vs colorgrad vs scala-chromatica
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
61
colorous
growingv1.0.16
Professional color schemes ported from d3-scale-chromatic
58
colorgrad
growingv0.8.0
Color scales library for data visualization, charts, games, generative art and others.
51
scala-chromatica
experimentalv0.1.4
A framework-agnostic color gradient library with smooth interpolation
Core Metrics
| colorous | colorgrad | scala-chromatica | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 61 | 58 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 1.0M | 1.3M | 117 |
| 30d Downloads | 69.6K | 51.5K | 0 |
| Dependents | 374 | 399 | 0 |
| Releases | 17 | 12 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 448d ago | 196d ago | 79d ago |
| Age | 6y | 5y 5m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
colorous
Maintenance
6
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
colorgrad
Maintenance
9
Quality
17
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
scala-chromatica
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| colorous | colorgrad | scala-chromatica | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.16 | 0.8.0 | 0.1.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 34KB | 43KB | 60KB |
| Features | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.60 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •colorous leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •colorgrad has the most downloads (1.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •colorgrad is depended on by 399 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ colorous has not been updated in over a year.
- •colorgrad, scala-chromatica are pre-1.0 — API may change.