Decision Workspace
polyfont-fonts vs rust-fontconfig vs tauri-plugin-system-fonts
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
polyfont-fonts
experimentalv0.10.0
Cross-platform font discovery and management for polyfont
66
rust-fontconfig
stablev4.4.0
Pure-Rust alternative to font-loader and fontconfig w. minimal dependencies
46
tauri-plugin-system-fonts
growingv2.0.2
Support getting all fonts installed on your system.
Core Metrics
| polyfont-fonts | rust-fontconfig | tauri-plugin-system-fonts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 66 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 46 | 144.3K | 1.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 27.6K | 0 |
| Dependents | 3 | 114 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 34 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 1d ago | 2d ago | 217d ago |
| Age | 1d | 5y 2m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
polyfont-fonts
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
8
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
rust-fontconfig
Maintenance
19
Quality
20
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
tauri-plugin-system-fonts
Maintenance
10
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| polyfont-fonts | rust-fontconfig | tauri-plugin-system-fonts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.10.0 | 4.4.0 | 2.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 24KB | 122KB | 57KB |
| Features | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.77.2 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rust-fontconfig leads with a health score of 66/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rust-fontconfig is depended on by 114 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •polyfont-fonts is pre-1.0 — API may change.