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boow

v0.1.3 Growing

`Borrow Or oWned` smart pointer. Alternative to Cow.

MIT

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 8+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (3KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
133.0K
Dependents
90
Releases
4
Size
3KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

9.8K downloads in the last 30 days (325/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

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

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 3KB, boow is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include tract-api, tract-rs, tract-proxy, aflak_cake. When high-quality crates choose boow, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 8/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
306/day avg+47%
02004006002/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.1.3
96%
v0.1.0
1%
v0.1.1
1%
v0.1.2
1%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
90
crates depend on boow

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