piston-texture

25.7K downloads in the last 30 days (856/day), up 13% from the previous period.

555 crates depend on piston-texture. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

The primary maintainer publishes 157 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

Despite being 11+ years old, piston-texture hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

piston-texture has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

At 4KB, piston-texture is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include piston_window, piston2d-graphics, piston-gfx_texture, piston2d-opengl_graphics, piston2d-glium_graphics. When high-quality crates choose piston-texture, it's a strong quality signal.