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ascii-canvas

v4.0.0 Growing

simple canvas for drawing lines and styled text and emitting to the terminal

Apache-2.0/MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.70

Quick Verdict

  • Not updated for 1+ year
  • Stable API (4.x for 9+ years)
  • Team maintained (2 owners)
  • Tiny footprint (11KB, 2 deps)
  • Permissive license (Apache-2.0/MIT)

Security

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Downloads
47.8M
Dependents
43
Releases
6
Size
11KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

3.2M downloads in the last 30 days (106.0K/day), up 7% from the previous period.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 71 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

Stable for 9+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 9 years with 6 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Minimal dependencies

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

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Compact crate

At 11KB, ascii-canvas is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Notable yanked versions

17% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 5/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
94K/day avg+19%
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Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on ascii-canvas

Version Adoption

v3.0.0
71%
v4.0.0
25%
v2.0.0
4%
v1.0.0
1%
v0.0.1
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
43
crates depend on ascii-canvas