Decision Workspace
material_color vs colorous vs colorgrad
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
material_color
growingv0.1.5
Crate for using material color designs
61
colorous
growingv1.0.16
Professional color schemes ported from d3-scale-chromatic
57
colorgrad
growingv0.8.0
Color scales library for data visualization, charts, games, generative art and others.
Core Metrics
| material_color | colorous | colorgrad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 61 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 6.4K | 1.2M | 1.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 47.2K | 37.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 415 | 422 |
| Releases | 5 | 17 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 1097d ago | 497d ago | 245d ago |
| Age | 3y | 6y 2m | 5y 6m |
Health Breakdown
material_color
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
2
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
colorous
Maintenance
6
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
colorgrad
Maintenance
8
Quality
17
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| material_color | colorous | colorgrad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.5 | 1.0.16 | 0.8.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 34KB | 43KB |
| Features | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.60 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •colorous leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •colorgrad has the most downloads (1.4M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •colorgrad is depended on by 422 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ material_color, colorous have not been updated in over a year.
- •material_color, colorgrad are pre-1.0 — API may change.