Decision Workspace
quantette vs zenquant vs imagequant-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
56
quantette
growingv0.6.0
Fast and high quality image quantization and palette generation.
62
zenquant
experimentalv0.1.3
AQ-informed palette quantizer — perceptual masking meets color quantization
53
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
| quantette | zenquant | imagequant-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 56 | 62 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 411.9K | 4.7K | 215.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 76.5K | 605 | 8.8K |
| Dependents | 55 | 9 | 23 |
| Releases | 8 | 4 | 41 |
| Last Updated | 60d ago | 94d ago | 371d ago |
| Age | 2y 8m | 4m | 9y |
Health Breakdown
quantette
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
zenquant
Maintenance
16
Quality
13
Community
14
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
imagequant-sys
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| quantette | zenquant | imagequant-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 0.1.3 | 4.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Imazen-Commercial | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 21 | 25 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 81KB | 98KB | 31KB |
| Features | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 68.3% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.90 | 1.92 | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •zenquant leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •quantette has the most downloads (411.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ imagequant-sys has not been updated in over a year.
- •quantette, zenquant are pre-1.0 — API may change.