fax

6.2M downloads in the last 30 days (207.0K/day), up 5% from the previous period.

110 crates depend on fax. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

Despite being 5+ years old, fax hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

At 25KB, fax is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include tiff, pdf, pdf_oxide, summary-rs, acroform-pdf. When high-quality crates choose fax, it's a strong quality signal.