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alsa

v0.11.0 Growing

Thin but safe wrappers for ALSA (Linux sound API)

Apache-2.0/MIT Edition 2021
API bindingsMultimedia::Audio #audio#sound#alsa

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 247 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0/MIT)

Security

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Downloads
12.6M
Dependents
247
Releases
38
Size
76KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

895.5K downloads in the last 30 days (29.9K/day), up 31% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

247 crates depend on alsa. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

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

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Notable yanked versions

11% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include cpal, librespot-playback, midir, aprender, mkaudiolibrary. When high-quality crates choose alsa, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 14/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 18/20

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
24K/day avg+64%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.9.1
39%
v0.7.1
18%
v0.6.0
16%
v0.7.0
14%
v0.9.0
13%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
5
direct dependencies
Dependents
247
crates depend on alsa

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