clipboard
v0.5.0 Growingrust-clipboard is a cross-platform library for getting and setting the contents of the OS-level clipboard.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 7+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (1.9K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT / Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
26.6K downloads in the last 30 days (887/day), up 1% from the previous period.
1.9K crates depend on clipboard. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 117 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 10+ years old, clipboard hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 10KB, clipboard is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include amethyst_ui, doe, ffsend, gnostr, the-way. When high-quality crates choose clipboard, it's a strong quality signal.
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