Decision Workspace
heic vs bpg2hevc vs png_pong
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
heic
experimentalv0.1.6
Pure Rust HEIC/HEIF image decoder with SIMD acceleration
35
bpg2hevc
growingv0.1.0
CLI tool to convert some BPG pictures to raw HEVC streams (and indirectly to HEIC images)
67
png_pong
growingv0.11.0
A pure Rust PNG/APNG encoder & decoder
Core Metrics
| heic | bpg2hevc | png_pong | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 35 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 2.7K | 1.6K | 9.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 1.7K | 0 | 162.8K |
| Dependents | 1 | 0 | 270 |
| Releases | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 7d ago | 1117d ago | 32d ago |
| Age | 1m | 3y | 6y 10m |
Health Breakdown
heic
Maintenance
13
Quality
9
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
bpg2hevc
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
png_pong
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| heic | bpg2hevc | png_pong | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.6 | 0.1.0 | 0.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Imazen-Commercial | MIT/Apache-2.0 | (Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0 OR MIT) AND Zlib |
| Dependencies | 20 | 5 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 321KB | 4KB | 40KB |
| Features | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 12.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.89 | — | 1.91 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •png_pong leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •png_pong is depended on by 270 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bpg2hevc has not been updated in over a year.