Decision Workspace
zenblend vs pixops vs image-blend
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
57
zenblend
experimentalv0.1.3
Porter-Duff and artistic blend modes on premultiplied linear f32 RGBA rows. SIMD-accelerated.
41
pixops
growingv0.1.0
Pixel / raster image operations
35
image-blend
growingv0.1.7
Type-agnostic support for image blending operations (add, multiply, screen, etc) for the image crate. Support for custom blends and utils for alpha channel manipulation.
Core Metrics
| zenblend | pixops | image-blend | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 57 | 41 | 35 |
| Total Downloads | 2.2K | 5.7K | 9.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Releases | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 39d ago | 2286d ago | 613d ago |
| Age | 1m | 7y | 1y 8m |
Health Breakdown
zenblend
Maintenance
11
Quality
16
Community
14
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
pixops
Maintenance
3
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
image-blend
Maintenance
6
Quality
10
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| zenblend | pixops | image-blend | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 0.1.0 | 0.1.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Imazen-Commercial | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 43KB | 10KB | 10KB |
| Features | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 14.3% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.93 | — | — |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •zenblend leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •image-blend has the most downloads (9.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ pixops, image-blend have not been updated in over a year.