Decision Workspace
rscolorq vs imagequant-sys vs quantette
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
rscolorq
growingv0.2.0
Spatial color quantization, a Rust port of `scolorq`.
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.
51
quantette
growingv0.5.1
Fast and high quality image quantization and palette generation.
Core Metrics
| rscolorq | imagequant-sys | quantette | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 55 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 7.7K | 193.6K | 136.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 26 | 1.0K | 34.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 23 | 40 |
| Releases | 4 | 41 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 1823d ago | 263d ago | 140d ago |
| Age | 5y 5m | 8y 9m | 2y 5m |
Health Breakdown
rscolorq
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
imagequant-sys
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
quantette
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rscolorq | imagequant-sys | quantette | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 4.1.0 | 0.5.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-or-later | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| Crate Size | 29KB | 31KB | 82KB |
| Features | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 68.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.63 | 1.90 |
| 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.
- •⚠ rscolorq has not been updated in over a year.
- •rscolorq, quantette are pre-1.0 — API may change.