bitness
v0.4.0 GrowingRust library for detecting OS bitness independently of the executable's bitness. Windows, GNU/Linux and FreeBSD currently supported.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 5+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 142 crates
- ✓Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
33.0K downloads in the last 30 days (1.1K/day), up 49% from the previous period.
142 crates depend on bitness. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 8+ years old, bitness hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 9KB, bitness is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include tauri-bundler, ibm_db, codesign. When high-quality crates choose bitness, it's a strong quality signal.
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