Decision Workspace
palette-transfer vs imagequant-sys vs auto-palette
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
palette-transfer
growingv0.2.0
Statistical copy palette from one image to another
55
imagequant-sys
growingv4.1.0
Convert 24/32-bit images to 8-bit palette with alpha channel. C API/FFI libimagequant that powers pngquant lossy PNG compressor. Dual-licensed like pngquant. See https://pngquant.org for details.
52
auto-palette
growingv0.9.2
🎨 A Rust library that extracts prominent color palettes from images automatically.
Core Metrics
| palette-transfer | imagequant-sys | auto-palette | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 55 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 7.7K | 193.6K | 19.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 9 | 1.0K | 800 |
| Dependents | 0 | 23 | 13 |
| Releases | 6 | 41 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 530d ago | 263d ago | 200d ago |
| Age | 1y 7m | 8y 9m | 1y 11m |
Health Breakdown
palette-transfer
Maintenance
7
Quality
13
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
imagequant-sys
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
auto-palette
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| palette-transfer | imagequant-sys | auto-palette | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 4.1.0 | 0.9.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 961KB | 31KB | 91KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 68.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.63 | 1.86.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •imagequant-sys leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠palette-transfer has not been updated in over a year.
- •palette-transfer, auto-palette are pre-1.0 — API may change.