Decision Workspace
egui-jxl vs ferrite vs oxideav-jpegxl
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
egui-jxl
experimentalv0.2.0
A pure-Rust, progressive JPEG XL (.jxl) image loader and rendering widget for the egui framework.
48
ferrite
growingv0.1.28
Fast and efficient image viewer with focus on performance
42
oxideav-jpegxl
experimentalv0.0.9
Pure-Rust JPEG XL (JXL) codec — RETIRED 2026-05-08 pending strict-isolation cleanroom workspace; current state ships round-1..3 ANS + headers + LfGlobal + GlobalModular wiring only. Rounds 7-11 + encoder rounds 1-6 retired with the libjxl-trace-reverse-engineering.md docs retirement of 2026-05-06.
Core Metrics
| egui-jxl | ferrite | oxideav-jpegxl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 48 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 31 | 18.2K | 442 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Releases | 2 | 27 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 60d ago | 296d ago | 17d ago |
| Age | 2m | 1y 5m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
egui-jxl
Maintenance
10
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
ferrite
Maintenance
9
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
oxideav-jpegxl
Maintenance
13
Quality
7
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| egui-jxl | ferrite | oxideav-jpegxl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.28 | 0.0.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT |
| Dependencies | 12 | 23 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 55KB | 86KB | 252KB |
| Features | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 42.9% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.79 | 1.80 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ferrite leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.