clippy
v0.0.302 GrowingA bunch of helpful lints to avoid common pitfalls in Rust.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 7+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (4.0K crates depend on it)
- ✓Tiny footprint (2KB, 1 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
17.4K downloads in the last 30 days (579/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
4.0K crates depend on clippy. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 167 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 11+ years old, clippy hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 2KB, clippy is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include lazycell, multipart, blake2-rfc, cuckoofilter, get_if_addrs. When high-quality crates choose clippy, it's a strong quality signal.
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