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cargo-util

v0.2.27 Growing

Miscellaneous support code used by Cargo.

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2024 MSRV 1.92

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 22d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 652 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
6.8M
Dependents
652
Releases
33
Size
33KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

445.4K downloads in the last 30 days (14.8K/day), up 39% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

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

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 150 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 5+ years old, cargo-util hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 32KB, cargo-util is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include cargo, cargo-udeps, cargo-c, dylint_internal, dylint. When high-quality crates choose cargo-util, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 21/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
11K/day avg+52%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.20
40%
v0.1.2
20%
v0.2.3
14%
v0.2.2
14%
v0.2.15
12%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
15
direct dependencies
Dependents
652
crates depend on cargo-util