Decision Workspace
imagequant vs pngquant vs libcaesium
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
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.
44
pngquant
growingv3.0.3
Convert 24/32-bit PNG images to efficient 8-bit format with alpha channel
57
libcaesium
growingv0.20.3
A lossy/lossless image compression library.
Core Metrics
| imagequant | pngquant | libcaesium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 44 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 972.2K | 20.6K | 14.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 70.4K | 282 | 1.1K |
| Dependents | 253 | 0 | 21 |
| Releases | 57 | 7 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 257d ago | 830d ago | 33d ago |
| Age | 11y | 7y 6m | 1y 5m |
Health Breakdown
imagequant
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
pngquant
Maintenance
3
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
libcaesium
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| imagequant | pngquant | libcaesium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 4.4.1 | 3.0.3 | 0.20.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-or-later | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 57KB | 37KB | 32KB |
| Features | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 66.7% | 28.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 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.
- •⚠ pngquant has not been updated in over a year.
- •libcaesium is pre-1.0 — API may change.