rgb
v0.8.53 Growing`struct RGB/RGBA/etc.` for sharing pixels between crates + convenience methods for color manipulation. Allows no-copy high-level interoperability. Also adds common convenience methods and implements standard Rust traits to make `RGB`/`RGBA` pixels and slices first-class Rust objects.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 30d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (2.9K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
6.4M downloads in the last 30 days (213.5K/day), up 14% from the previous period.
2.9K crates depend on rgb. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 132 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 9+ years old, rgb hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 18KB, rgb is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
87% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include image, inferno, ravif, fast_image_resize, resvg. When high-quality crates choose rgb, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
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Feature Flags
default =["as-bytes", "argb", "grb"]
