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fontconfig

v0.10.2 Growing

Safe, higher-level wrapper around the Fontconfig library

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.77
Text processing #search#font#fontconfig#wrapper

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 7d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Team maintained (3 owners)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (11KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
268.3K
Dependents
88
Releases
14
Size
11KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

30.4K downloads in the last 30 days (1.0K/day), up 90% from the previous period.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (3 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 11+ years old, fontconfig hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 10KB, fontconfig is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include kickoff, remenu, canrust, font-enumeration, yofi. When high-quality crates choose fontconfig, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 16/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
706/day avg+75%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.8.0
39%
v0.10.0
35%
v0.6.0
14%
v0.9.0
7%
v0.5.0
6%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
88
crates depend on fontconfig

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