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image-compare

v0.5.0 Growing

Image comparison library based upon the image crate. Currently it provides SSIM and RMS for comparing grayscale and rgb images, a cool hybrid compare as well as several grayscale histogram distance metrics. All with a friendly license.

MIT Edition 2021

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 260 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
959.2K
Dependents
260
Releases
20
Size
28KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

120.1K downloads in the last 30 days, down 53% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Moderate adoption

260 crates depend on image-compare. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, image-compare hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include twenty-twenty, openh264, havocompare, text-to-png, solstrale. When high-quality crates choose image-compare, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 9/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
5K/day avg+22%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.1
42%
v0.5.0
39%
v0.4.2
13%
v0.3.1
4%
v0.2.3
3%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
7
direct dependencies
Dependents
260
crates depend on image-compare