caret
v0.9.0 GrowingMacros for declaring non-exhaustive C-style enumerations, with named members
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 24d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 273 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (4KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
32.1K downloads in the last 30 days (1.1K/day), up 66% from the previous period.
273 crates depend on caret. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 84 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 4+ years old, caret hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
caret has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 4KB, caret is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include tor-cert, tor-cell, tor-linkspec, tor-proto, tor-chanmgr. When high-quality crates choose caret, it's a strong quality signal.
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