Decision Workspace
palette-transfer vs zenquant vs imagequant-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
palette-transfer
growingv0.2.0
Statistical copy palette from one image to another
59
zenquant
experimentalv0.1.3
AQ-informed palette quantizer — perceptual masking meets color quantization
54
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.
Core Metrics
| palette-transfer | zenquant | imagequant-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 59 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 7.7K | 2.7K | 196.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 1.2K |
| Dependents | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| Releases | 6 | 4 | 41 |
| Last Updated | 589d ago | 45d ago | 322d ago |
| Age | 1y 9m | 2m | 8y 11m |
Health Breakdown
palette-transfer
Maintenance
6
Quality
13
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
zenquant
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
14
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
imagequant-sys
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| palette-transfer | zenquant | imagequant-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.1.3 | 4.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause OR Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Imazen-Commercial | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 2 | 25 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 961KB | 98KB | 31KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 68.3% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.92 | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •zenquant leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •imagequant-sys has the most downloads (196.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ palette-transfer has not been updated in over a year.
- •palette-transfer, zenquant are pre-1.0 — API may change.