Decision Workspace
sixel vs icy_sixel vs sixel-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
sixel
growingv0.3.2
A safe Rust wrapper for libsixel
50
icy_sixel
growingv0.5.0
A 100% Rust SIXEL encoder and decoder library with high-quality color quantization
47
sixel-rs
growingv0.5.0
A safe Rust wrapper for libsixel (active fork)
Core Metrics
| sixel | icy_sixel | sixel-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 50 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 16.1K | 309.6K | 51.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 231 | 48.9K | 1.8K |
| Dependents | 8 | 168 | 31 |
| Releases | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 2295d ago | 90d ago | 315d ago |
| Age | 6y 3m | 2y 6m | 3y 8m |
Health Breakdown
sixel
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
icy_sixel
Maintenance
13
Quality
8
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
sixel-rs
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| sixel | icy_sixel | sixel-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.2 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 3.9MB | 192KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 9.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •icy_sixel leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •icy_sixel is depended on by 168 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ sixel has not been updated in over a year.