ply-rs
v0.1.3 GrowingLibrary for reading/writing ascii and binary PLY files.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 5+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 340 crates
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
48.7K downloads in the last 30 days, down 40% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.
340 crates depend on ply-rs. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 8+ years old, ply-rs hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 28KB, ply-rs is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include poisson_reconstruction, bevy_gaussian_splatting, splashsurf_lib, rs_pbrt, voxel-tiler-core. When high-quality crates choose ply-rs, it's a strong quality signal.
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