fontdb
v0.23.0 GrowingA simple, in-memory font database with CSS-like queries.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (1.1K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
1.9M downloads in the last 30 days (62.7K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
1.1K crates depend on fontdb. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
fontdb has only 1 owner despite 1.1K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
Despite being 5+ years old, fontdb hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Notable dependents include usvg, cosmic-text, usvg-text-layout, svg2pdf, typst-library. When high-quality crates choose fontdb, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["std", "fs", "memmap", "fontconfig"]
