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cargo-dist

v0.32.0 Growing

Shippable application packaging for Rust

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.74

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 4d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 112 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (5 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (44 direct deps)

Security

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Downloads
150.3K
Dependents
112
Releases
103
Size
250KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

5.4K downloads in the last 30 days (179/day), up 28% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

112 crates depend on cargo-dist. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 52 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, cargo-dist hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

44 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include gnostr-bins, traefikctl, sql-help, pkll, european-data-format. When high-quality crates choose cargo-dist, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 19/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 10/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
128/day avg+129%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.31.0
52%
v0.30.0
19%
v0.28.2
12%
v0.29.0
9%
v0.30.3
7%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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Maintainers

Dependencies
44
direct dependencies
Dependents
112
crates depend on cargo-dist