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rust-fontconfig

v4.4.0 Stable

Pure-Rust alternative to font-loader and fontconfig w. minimal dependencies

MIT Edition 2021
GUI #font#fontconfig#font-loader#system-fonts

Quick Verdict

  • βœ“Actively maintained (updated 2d ago)
  • βœ“Stable API (4.x for 5+ years)
  • βœ“Trusted by 114 crates
  • βœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
144.3K
Dependents
114
Releases
34
Size
122KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

28.1K downloads in the last 30 days (936/day), up 25% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

114 crates depend on rust-fontconfig. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 74 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Stable for 5+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 5 years with 34 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include printpdf, azul-core, azul-layout, minidx-vis, azul-dll. When high-quality crates choose rust-fontconfig, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 19/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads Β· last 90 days
712/day avg+97%
05001K2K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v4.4.0
49%
v4.2.0
36%
v3.2.1
6%
v3.3.0
4%
v4.3.0
4%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

ffistd*cacheparsingasync-registrymultithreading

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
7
direct dependencies
Dependents
114
crates depend on rust-fontconfig

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