harfbuzz
v0.6.0 GrowingRust bindings to the HarfBuzz text shaping engine
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Team maintained (7 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (14KB, 2 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
2.2K downloads in the last 30 days (74/day), up 28% from the previous period.
The primary maintainer publishes 117 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 10+ years old, harfbuzz hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 14KB, harfbuzz is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
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Feature Flags
default =["coretext", "directwrite", "freetype", "std"]
