Decision Workspace
mozjpeg-sys vs mozjpeg-rs vs mozjpeg
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
mozjpeg-sys
growingv2.2.3
FFI bindings for MozJPEG v4. MozJPEG is automatically built and linked statically. Requires nasm and a C compiler.
53
mozjpeg-rs
experimentalv0.9.0
Pure Rust JPEG encoder based on Mozilla's mozjpeg with trellis quantization
51
mozjpeg
growingv0.10.13
Higher-level wrapper for Mozilla's JPEG library
Core Metrics
| mozjpeg-sys | mozjpeg-rs | mozjpeg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 53 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 2.5M | 4.3K | 2.2M |
| 30d Downloads | 223.6K | 3.2K | 218.3K |
| Dependents | 189 | 35 | 332 |
| Releases | 73 | 15 | 43 |
| Last Updated | 410d ago | 22d ago | 402d ago |
| Age | 11y 2m | 2m | 7y 12m |
Health Breakdown
mozjpeg-sys
Maintenance
8
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
mozjpeg-rs
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
mozjpeg
Maintenance
8
Quality
10
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| mozjpeg-sys | mozjpeg-rs | mozjpeg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.2.3 | 0.9.0 | 0.10.13 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | IJG AND Zlib AND BSD-3-Clause | BSD-3-Clause | IJG |
| Dependencies | 6 | 27 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 798KB | 391KB | 25KB |
| Features | 13 | 8 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 80.8% | 0.0% | 79.1% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.71 | 1.89 | 1.71 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •mozjpeg-sys leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •mozjpeg is depended on by 332 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ mozjpeg-sys, mozjpeg have not been updated in over a year.
- •mozjpeg-rs, mozjpeg are pre-1.0 — API may change.