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clang

v2.0.0 Growing

A somewhat idiomatic Rust wrapper for libclang.

Apache-2.0

Quick Verdict

  • Not updated for 3+ years
  • Stable API (2.x for 10+ years)
  • Trusted by 435 crates
  • Tiny footprint (61KB, 2 deps)
  • Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
4.4M
Dependents
435
Releases
48
Size
61KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

201.7K downloads in the last 30 days (6.7K/day), up 39% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

435 crates depend on clang. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

Stable for 10+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 48 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include opencv-binding-generator, v8-sys, ffmpeg-sys-the-third, c2a-core, dart-bindgen. When high-quality crates choose clang, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 6/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 24/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
5K/day avg+70%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v2.0.0
79%
v0.24.0
12%
v1.0.3
8%
v0.23.0
1%
v1.0.2
1%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

staticruntimeclang_3_5clang_3_6clang_3_7clang_3_8clang_3_9clang_4_0clang_5_0clang_6_0clang_7_0clang_8_0clang_9_0clang_10_0

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
435
crates depend on clang