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ar

v0.9.0 Growing

A library for encoding/decoding Unix archive files.

MIT
#archive#ar#deb

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 4+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.1K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (15KB, 0 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
8.3M
Dependents
1.1K
Releases
12
Size
15KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

449.4K downloads in the last 30 days (15.0K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.1K crates depend on ar. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

ar has only 1 owner despite 1.1K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

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

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Zero dependencies

ar has no external dependencies โ€” minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

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Compact crate

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

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Used by top crates

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

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 8/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
13K/day avg-48%
05K10K15K20K4/275/156/26/207/87/25

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.9.0
83%
v0.8.0
9%
v0.6.2
4%
v0.3.1
3%
v0.7.0
1%

Release Timeline

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Dependencies
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Dependents
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