Decision Workspace
vips vs shrinkray vs vips-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
vips
growingv0.1.0-alpha.5
Rust bindings for libvips: fast, low-memory image processing with a safe, ergonomic API.
55
shrinkray
experimentalv1.0.8
Lightning-fast image resizing & optimisation for the web
49
vips-sys
growingv0.1.2
libvips bindings for Rust
Core Metrics
| vips | shrinkray | vips-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 55 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 3.9K | 143 | 10.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 21 | 78 | 458 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Releases | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 145d ago | 7d ago | 145d ago |
| Age | 7y 11m | 4m | 7y 11m |
Health Breakdown
vips
Maintenance
8
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
shrinkray
Maintenance
19
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
vips-sys
Maintenance
8
Quality
14
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| vips | shrinkray | vips-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0-alpha.5 | 1.0.8 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 267KB | 26KB | 118KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | — |
| MSRV | 1.80.0 | 1.90.0 | — |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Links
Quick Verdict
- •shrinkray leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •vips-sys has the most downloads (10.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •vips, vips-sys are pre-1.0 — API may change.