Decision Workspace
rscolorq vs quantette vs imagequant-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
rscolorq
growingv0.2.0
Spatial color quantization, a Rust port of `scolorq`.
56
quantette
growingv0.6.0
Fast and high quality image quantization and palette generation.
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
| rscolorq | quantette | imagequant-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 56 | 53 |
| Total Downloads | 7.8K | 411.9K | 215.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 76.5K | 8.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 55 | 23 |
| Releases | 4 | 8 | 41 |
| Last Updated | 1931d ago | 60d ago | 371d ago |
| Age | 5y 8m | 2y 8m | 9y |
Health Breakdown
rscolorq
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
9
quantette
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
imagequant-sys
Maintenance
7
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| rscolorq | quantette | imagequant-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.6.0 | 4.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 5 | 21 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 29KB | 81KB | 31KB |
| Features | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 68.3% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.90 | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •quantette leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ rscolorq, imagequant-sys have not been updated in over a year.
- •rscolorq, quantette are pre-1.0 — API may change.