Decision Workspace
tauri-plugin-system-fonts vs rust-fontconfig vs norad
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
tauri-plugin-system-fonts
experimentalv2.0.2
Support getting all fonts installed on your system.
63
rust-fontconfig
stablev2.0.0
Pure-Rust alternative to font-loader and fontconfig w. minimal dependencies
59
norad
growingv0.18.2
Read and write Unified Font Object files.
Core Metrics
| tauri-plugin-system-fonts | rust-fontconfig | norad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 63 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 1.2K | 95.0K | 96.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 187 | 13.8K | 4.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 109 | 58 |
| Releases | 3 | 24 | 32 |
| Last Updated | 158d ago | 41d ago | 11d ago |
| Age | 5m | 5y | 6y 10m |
Health Breakdown
tauri-plugin-system-fonts
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
rust-fontconfig
Maintenance
15
Quality
21
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
norad
Maintenance
18
Quality
10
Community
15
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| tauri-plugin-system-fonts | rust-fontconfig | norad | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 2.0.2 | 2.0.0 | 0.18.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| Crate Size | 57KB | 84KB | 106KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.3% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.77.2 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rust-fontconfig leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •norad has the most downloads (96.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rust-fontconfig is depended on by 109 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •norad is pre-1.0 — API may change.