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pngquant

v3.0.3 Growing

Convert 24/32-bit PNG images to efficient 8-bit format with alpha channel

GPL-3.0-or-later Edition 2021 MSRV 1.63
Multimedia::Images #image#compression#quantization#palette#pngquant

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 2+ years
  • โœ“Stable API (3.x for 7+ years)

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Downloads
20.6K
Dependents
0
Releases
7
Size
37KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

297 downloads in the last 30 days (10/day), up 16% from the previous period.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 132 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Stable for 7+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 7 years with 7 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Compact crate

At 37KB, pngquant is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Notable yanked versions

29% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 3/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 5/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 5/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
8/day avg+102%
0102012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Version Adoption

v3.0.3
69%
v3.0.1
9%
v3.0.2
8%
v3.0.0
7%
v2.16.0-alpha.1
7%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["lcms2"]

cocoalcms2*staticz-staticpng-staticlcms2-static

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Maintainers

Dependencies
9
direct dependencies
Dependents
0
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