arbitrary

8.5M downloads in the last 30 days (283.0K/day), up 32% from the previous period.

16.9K crates depend on arbitrary — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.

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

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 38 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

At 37KB, arbitrary is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include bitflags, regex-syntax, indexmap, smallvec, chrono. When high-quality crates choose arbitrary, it's a strong quality signal.