core-foundation
v0.10.1 GrowingBindings to Core Foundation for macOS
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (4.1K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (5 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (29KB, 3 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
25.1M downloads in the last 30 days (835.2K/day), up 18% from the previous period.
4.1K crates depend on core-foundation. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
This crate is maintained by a team (5 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 11+ years old, core-foundation hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 28KB, core-foundation is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include security-framework, system-configuration, objc2, fsevent-sys, core-graphics. When high-quality crates choose core-foundation, it's a strong quality signal.
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