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cargo-watch

v8.5.3 Growing

Watches over your Cargo project’s source

CC0-1.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.75.0
Development toolsCommand line utilities #cargo#compile#notify#watch

Quick Verdict

  • Not updated for 1+ year
  • Stable API (8.x for 11+ years)
  • Trusted by 129 crates
  • Team maintained (2 owners)

Security

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Downloads
1.7M
Dependents
129
Releases
68
Size
173KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

49.8K downloads in the last 30 days (1.7K/day), up 6% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

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

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 63 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

Stable for 11+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 11 years with 68 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include cargo-rocket-docker, tmx_utils, vujio_application, statics, vat_jp. When high-quality crates choose cargo-watch, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 8/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
1K/day avg+36%
01K2K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v8.5.3
47%
v8.5.2
22%
v8.4.0
16%
v8.4.1
8%
v8.1.2
6%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
13
direct dependencies
Dependents
129
crates depend on cargo-watch

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