Decision Workspace
sixel-rs vs icy_sixel vs icy_sixel-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
sixel-rs
growingv0.5.0
A safe Rust wrapper for libsixel (active fork)
50
icy_sixel
growingv0.5.0
A 100% Rust SIXEL encoder and decoder library with high-quality color quantization
45
icy_sixel-cli
experimentalv0.5.0
Command-line tool for encoding and decoding SIXEL graphics
Core Metrics
| sixel-rs | icy_sixel | icy_sixel-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 50 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 51.1K | 309.6K | 93 |
| 30d Downloads | 1.8K | 48.9K | 10 |
| Dependents | 31 | 168 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 315d ago | 90d ago | 90d ago |
| Age | 3y 8m | 2y 6m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
sixel-rs
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
icy_sixel
Maintenance
13
Quality
8
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
icy_sixel-cli
Maintenance
14
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| sixel-rs | icy_sixel | icy_sixel-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 192KB | 3.9MB | 14KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 9.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 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.