pixels
v0.17.1 GrowingA tiny library providing a GPU-powered pixel frame buffer.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 25d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 560 crates
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
22.6K downloads in the last 30 days (755/day), up 9% from the previous period.
560 crates depend on pixels. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 6+ years old, pixels hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 43KB, pixels is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include tear8, theframework, pixel-game-lib, rtbvh, bevy_pixels. When high-quality crates choose pixels, it's a strong quality signal.
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