Decision Workspace
image-blend vs ranga vs image-overlay
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
image-blend
growingv0.1.7
Type-agnostic support for image blending operations (add, multiply, screen, etc) for the image crate. Support for custom blends and utils for alpha channel manipulation.
57
ranga
experimentalv0.24.3
Core image processing library — color spaces, blend modes, pixel buffers, filters, and GPU compute for Rust
49
image-overlay
growingv2.0.0
Overlay an image with blend mode.
Core Metrics
| image-blend | ranga | image-overlay | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 57 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 9.0K | 286 | 1.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 122 | 286 | 15 |
| Dependents | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 554d ago | 3d ago | 208d ago |
| Age | 1y 6m | 7d | 1y 2m |
Health Breakdown
image-blend
Maintenance
6
Quality
10
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
ranga
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
image-overlay
Maintenance
9
Quality
21
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| image-blend | ranga | image-overlay | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.7 | 0.24.3 | 2.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 152KB | 13KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.89 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •ranga leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •image-blend has the most downloads (9.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ image-blend has not been updated in over a year.
- •image-blend, ranga are pre-1.0 — API may change.