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postscript

v0.19.0 Growing

The package provides a parser of PostScript fonts.

Apache-2.0/MIT Edition 2021
Parsing tools #font#typography#postscript#typeface

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 206 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (25KB, 2 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0/MIT)

Security

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Downloads
5.1M
Dependents
206
Releases
55
Size
25KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

950.7K downloads in the last 30 days (31.7K/day), up 2% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

206 crates depend on postscript. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 101 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 10+ years old, postscript hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 25KB, postscript is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include pdf-extract, opentype, pdf-extract-temporary-mitigation-panic, pdf-extract-temporary-migitation-panic, spoor-core. When high-quality crates choose postscript, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 7/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
25K/day avg-25%
010K20K30K40K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.19.0
93%
v0.17.5
2%
v0.18.2
2%
v0.17.4
2%
v0.18.4
1%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
206
crates depend on postscript

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