colorchoice
v1.0.5 StableGlobal override of color control
Quick Verdict
- ✓Stable API (1.x for 3+ years)
- ✓Trusted by 582 crates
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (8KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
50.9M downloads in the last 30 days (1.7M/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
582 crates depend on colorchoice. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 138 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 3 years with 6 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
colorchoice has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 8KB, colorchoice is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include anstream, concolor-override, revm-inspectors, colorchoice-clap, solar-config. When high-quality crates choose colorchoice, it's a strong quality signal.
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Most downloaded crates that depend on colorchoice
