cadence

1.9M downloads in the last 30 days (63.5K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

267 crates depend on cadence. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 54 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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

Notable dependents include metrics-exporter-statsd, cadence-macros, libdd-dogstatsd-client, libafl, statsdproxy. When high-quality crates choose cadence, it's a strong quality signal.