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icy_sixel

v0.5.0 Growing

A 100% Rust SIXEL encoder and decoder library with high-quality color quantization

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021
EncodingMultimedia::ImagesGraphics #image#graphics#terminal#encoder#sixel

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • βœ“Trusted by 168 crates
  • βœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
309.6K
Dependents
168
Releases
11
Size
3.9MB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

49.8K downloads in the last 30 days (1.7K/day), up 64% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

168 crates depend on icy_sixel. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 2+ years old, icy_sixel hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Large crate size

3.9MB is relatively large. May impact download and compile times.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include viuer, ratatui-image, uiua, presenterm, nu_plugin_plotters. When high-quality crates choose icy_sixel, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 13/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 8/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads Β· last 90 days
1K/day avg+117%
01K2K3K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.1.3
65%
v0.1.2
17%
v0.5.0
13%
v0.1.1
5%
v0.4.3
1%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
5
direct dependencies
Dependents
168
crates depend on icy_sixel

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