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capnpc

v0.25.0 Growing

Cap'n Proto code generation

MIT Edition 2021
#encoding#protocol#serialization

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 77d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.0K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (35KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
7.8M
Dependents
1.0K
Releases
143
Size
35KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

622.0K downloads in the last 30 days (20.7K/day), up 73% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.0K crates depend on capnpc. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

capnpc has only 1 owner despite 1.0K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 11+ years old, capnpc 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 34KB, capnpc is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include sequoia-ipc, exocore-protos, sequoia-keystore, t-rust-less-lib, distrans_peer. When high-quality crates choose capnpc, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
13K/day avg+147%
010K20K30K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.17.2
41%
v0.20.1
17%
v0.18.1
15%
v0.25.0
15%
v0.19.0
11%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.0K
crates depend on capnpc

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