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color-hex

v0.2.0 Growing

Procedural macro for converting hexadecimal strings to an RGB or RGBA byte array at compile time.

MIT Edition 2021
#color#hex#proc-macro#literals

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 3+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 163 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (5KB, 0 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
1.6M
Dependents
163
Releases
1
Size
5KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

119.7K downloads in the last 30 days (4.0K/day), up 7% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

163 crates depend on color-hex. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, color-hex hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Zero dependencies

color-hex has no external dependencies โ€” minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

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Compact crate

At 5KB, color-hex is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ecolor, egui_dnd, mindus, tricolor, hyperchad_color. When high-quality crates choose color-hex, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 1/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 9/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
4K/day avg+19%
02K4K6K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.0
100%

Release Timeline

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Dependencies
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Dependents
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