async-channel
v2.5.0 GrowingAsync multi-producer multi-consumer channel
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- ✓Stable API (2.x for 7+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (11.1K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (1 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
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Deep Insights
17.0M downloads in the last 30 days (565.2K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
11.1K 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.
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default =["std"]
