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freetype-rs

v0.38.0 Growing

Bindings for FreeType font library

MIT Edition 2021
#font#freetype#glyph

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 386 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
2.1M
Dependents
386
Releases
59
Size
106KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

64.3K downloads in the last 30 days (2.1K/day), up 20% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

386 crates depend on freetype-rs. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 157 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include cairo-rs, crossfont, gfx_text, sdf_glyph_renderer, tiny-game-framework. When high-quality crates choose freetype-rs, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 8/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
2K/day avg+65%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.26.0
77%
v0.36.0
12%
v0.35.0
5%
v0.13.0
3%
v0.32.0
3%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
4
direct dependencies
Dependents
386
crates depend on freetype-rs

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