Lazy cop ' s <| sep |> No problem . Just sharing for folks who ' d wanna know what the new toys are <| sep |> Sounds great ! I ' m currently doing a contract that involves some face detection stuff but resorted to C due to the lack of options in rust . 1 . At the moment , I don ' t think there are any purerust CV libs . 2 . All the usual rust benefits High performance CV is generally quite intensive The ability to provide a modern API for users Super simple package management and distribution via cargo Great portability all the popular desktop OSs , mobile OSs , embedded , etc . Memory safety by default . 3 . The leaf framework became quite renown throughout the rust ML community for a while , I imagine trying to name it this would cause a bit of confusion , especially as there is still the possibility someone may pick up the old leaf ML project . Normally it ' s fine to approach the previous owner if it looks like the crate has been abandoned , though in this case I ' d probably recommend just going with something else to avoid confusion . Good luck !