Decision Workspace
exoquant vs imagequant vs imagequant-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
exoquant
growingv0.2.0
Very high quality image quantization
58
imagequant
growingv4.4.1
Convert 24/32-bit images to 8-bit palette with alpha channel. For lossy PNG compression and high-quality GIF images Dual-licensed like pngquant. See https://pngquant.org for details.
55
imagequant-sys
growingv4.1.0
Convert 24/32-bit images to 8-bit palette with alpha channel. C API/FFI libimagequant that powers pngquant lossy PNG compressor. Dual-licensed like pngquant. See https://pngquant.org for details.
Core Metrics
| exoquant | imagequant | imagequant-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 58 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 27.0K | 972.2K | 193.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 688 | 70.4K | 1.0K |
| Dependents | 67 | 253 | 23 |
| Releases | 2 | 57 | 41 |
| Last Updated | 3491d ago | 257d ago | 263d ago |
| Age | 9y 6m | 11y | 8y 9m |
Health Breakdown
exoquant
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
imagequant
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
imagequant-sys
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| exoquant | imagequant | imagequant-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 4.4.1 | 4.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 57KB | 31KB |
| Features | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 66.7% | 68.3% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.65 | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •imagequant leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •imagequant is depended on by 253 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ exoquant has not been updated in over a year.
- •exoquant is pre-1.0 — API may change.