colour
v2.1.0 GrowingMacros for creating coloured console output.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- ✓Stable API (2.x for 9+ years)
- ✓Trusted by 276 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (16KB, 1 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
5.7K downloads in the last 30 days (189/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
276 crates depend on colour. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 9 years with 13 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 16KB, colour is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include zepter, ad4m, cargo-casper, mapm-cli, cw-optimizoor. When high-quality crates choose colour, it's a strong quality signal.
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