Decision Workspace
zenquant vs prominence vs imagequant-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
zenquant
experimentalv0.1.1
AQ-informed palette quantizer — perceptual masking meets color quantization
37
prominence
growingv0.2.0
A library to extract prominent colors from an image
55
imagequant-sys
growingv4.1.0
Convert 24/32-bit images to 8-bit palette with alpha channel. C API/FFI libimagequant that powers pngquant lossy PNG compressor. Dual-licensed like pngquant. See https://pngquant.org for details.
Core Metrics
| zenquant | prominence | imagequant-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 37 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 122 | 2.7K | 193.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 122 | 4 | 1.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Releases | 2 | 2 | 41 |
| Last Updated | 2d ago | 654d ago | 263d ago |
| Age | 22d | 3y 9m | 8y 9m |
Health Breakdown
zenquant
Maintenance
14
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
prominence
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
imagequant-sys
Maintenance
9
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| zenquant | prominence | imagequant-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.2.0 | 4.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0-or-later | non-standard | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 21 | 3 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 108KB | 21KB | 31KB |
| Features | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 68.3% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.92 | — | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •imagequant-sys leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ prominence has not been updated in over a year.
- •zenquant, prominence are pre-1.0 — API may change.