async-channel

16.3M downloads in the last 30 days (543.1K/day), up 18% from the previous period.

10.4K crates depend on async-channel — 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 (1 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 7 years with 26 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

At 18KB, async-channel is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include async-io, blocking, async-executor, piper, async-process. When high-quality crates choose async-channel, it's a strong quality signal.