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gfx

v0.18.3 Growing

A high-performance, bindless graphics API

Apache-2.0
Rendering::Graphics APIs #gamedev#graphics

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 3+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.1K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
1.4M
Dependents
1.1K
Releases
52
Size
28KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

31.5K downloads in the last 30 days (1.1K/day), up 16% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.1K crates depend on gfx. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

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

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Compact crate

At 27KB, gfx is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include piston2d-gfx_graphics, piston-gfx_texture, gfx_glyph, skeletal_animation, old_school_gfx_glutin_ext. When high-quality crates choose gfx, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 6/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 16/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
945/day avg+12%
05001K2K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.18.2
36%
v0.17.1
28%
v0.18.3
19%
v0.16.3
8%
v0.18.1
8%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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Maintainers

Dependencies
4
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.1K
crates depend on gfx

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