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bat

v0.26.1 Growing

A cat(1) clone with wings.

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.87

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 872 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (57 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
3.6M
Dependents
872
Releases
42
Size
2.1MB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

199.5K downloads in the last 30 days (6.7K/day), up 11% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

872 crates depend on bat. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 8+ years old, bat hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

57 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Large crate size

2.1MB is relatively large. May impact download and compile times.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include fix-hidden-lifetime-bug-proc_macros, cargo-expand, next-gen-proc_macros, git-delta, tomlq. When high-quality crates choose bat, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 10/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
6K/day avg+6%
02K4K6K8K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.24.0
44%
v0.25.0
28%
v0.26.1
20%
v0.23.0
5%
v0.22.1
4%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["application", "git"]

git*paginglessopenregex-onigapplication*regex-fancybuild-assetsvendored-libgit2minimal-application

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
57
direct dependencies
Dependents
872
crates depend on bat