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minifb

v0.28.0 Growing

Cross-platform window setup with optional bitmap rendering

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2018
Rendering #windowing#window#framebuffer

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 952 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (25 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
2.2M
Dependents
952
Releases
59
Size
100KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

217.2K downloads in the last 30 days, down 32% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Moderate adoption

952 crates depend on minifb. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 10+ years old, minifb hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

25 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include vnc-rs, noto-sans-mono-bitmap, windows-dll, euc, fimg. When high-quality crates choose minifb, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 7/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 13/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
10K/day avg-57%
05K10K15K20K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.28.0
69%
v0.23.0
13%
v0.19.3
6%
v0.24.0
6%
v0.25.0
6%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["wayland", "x11", "dlopen"]

x11*dlopen*wayland*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
25
direct dependencies
Dependents
952
crates depend on minifb

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