ar

370.3K downloads in the last 30 days (12.3K/day), up 24% from the previous period.

911 crates depend on ar. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

Despite being 9+ years old, ar hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

ar has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

At 14KB, ar is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include cargo-deb, sccache, tauri-bundler, tauri-cli, bpf-linker. When high-quality crates choose ar, it's a strong quality signal.