approx
v0.5.1 GrowingApproximate floating point equality comparisons and assertions.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 50d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (17.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Tiny footprint (15KB, 2 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
7.8M downloads in the last 30 days (261.5K/day), up 19% from the previous period.
17.5K crates depend on approx — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
Despite being 10+ years old, approx hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 15KB, approx is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include criterion, png, ndarray, metrics-util, aws-smithy-runtime. When high-quality crates choose approx, it's a strong quality signal.
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default =["std"]
