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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 314 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
1.2M
Dependents
314
Releases
20
Size
28KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

123.5K downloads in the last 30 days (4.1K/day), up 23% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

314 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 4+ 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 openh264, twenty-twenty, kcl-lib, havocompare, text-to-png. When high-quality crates choose image-compare, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 8/25

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
4K/day avg+2%
05K10K15K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.5.0
41%
v0.4.1
34%
v0.4.2
19%
v0.3.1
4%
v0.3.0
2%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
7
direct dependencies
Dependents
314
crates depend on image-compare