freetype-sys
v0.23.0 GrowingLow level binding for FreeType font library
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 140 crates
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (4.8MB, 3 deps)
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Deep Insights
1.5M downloads in the last 30 days (50.8K/day), up 12% from the previous period.
140 crates depend on freetype-sys. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 157 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 11+ years old, freetype-sys hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
4.8MB is relatively large. May impact download and compile times.
Notable dependents include font-kit, freetype, servo-fontconfig-sys, freetype-rs, harfbuzz-sys. When high-quality crates choose freetype-sys, it's a strong quality signal.
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