png
v0.18.1 GrowingPNG decoding and encoding library in pure Rust
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (7.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
18.7M downloads in the last 30 days (623.4K/day), up 11% from the previous period.
7.5K crates depend on png. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 51 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 11+ years old, png hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Notable dependents include image, gif, jpeg-decoder, image-webp, qoi. When high-quality crates choose png, it's a strong quality signal.
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