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boa_gc

v0.21.1 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

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 57d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 254 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Unlicense OR MIT)

Security

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Downloads
3.0M
Dependents
254
Releases
13
Size
30KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

348.3K downloads in the last 30 days (11.6K/day), up 19% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

254 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_interner, boa_engine, revm-inspectors, boa_runtime, boa_interop. When high-quality crates choose boa_gc, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 16/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

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
10K/day avg+26%
05K10K15K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.20.0
37%
v0.21.0
37%
v0.21.1
11%
v0.19.1
9%
v0.17.3
6%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
6
direct dependencies
Dependents
254
crates depend on boa_gc

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