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boa_gc

v0.21.0 Growing

Garbage collector for the Boa JavaScript engine.

Unlicense OR MIT Edition 2024 MSRV 1.88.0
Command line utilities #garbage#memory#javascript#js

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 220 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Unlicense OR MIT)

Security

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Downloads
2.4M
Dependents
220
Releases
12
Size
30KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

286.0K downloads in the last 30 days (9.5K/day), up 28% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

220 crates depend on boa_gc. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 4+ years old, boa_gc hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 29KB, boa_gc is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include boa_engine, boa_interner, revm-inspectors, boa_runtime, boa_interop. When high-quality crates choose boa_gc, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 10/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 16/20

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
8K/day avg+51%
05K10K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.20.0
43%
v0.21.0
35%
v0.19.1
10%
v0.17.3
6%
v0.18.0
6%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
6
direct dependencies
Dependents
220
crates depend on boa_gc

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