Decision Workspace
texture-baker vs wow-blp vs ptex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
texture-baker
experimentalv0.1.0
Bake mesh maps (normal, AO, curvature, position, thickness, height, bent normals, ID) from high-poly to low-poly, on CPU or GPU (wgpu).
58
wow-blp
experimentalv0.6.4
Parser and encoder for World of Warcraft BLP texture files with DXT compression support
49
ptex
growingv0.3.0
High-level Ptex bindings over ptex-sys
Core Metrics
| texture-baker | wow-blp | ptex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 58 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 16 | 3.6K | 6.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 10d ago | 92d ago | 789d ago |
| Age | 10d | 11m | 5y 7m |
Health Breakdown
texture-baker
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
wow-blp
Maintenance
14
Quality
13
Community
12
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
ptex
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| texture-baker | wow-blp | ptex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.6.4 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 19 | 11 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 87KB | 49KB | 18KB |
| Features | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.92 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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Quick Verdict
- •wow-blp leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •ptex has the most downloads (6.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ ptex has not been updated in over a year.