criterion
v0.8.2 GrowingStatistics-driven micro-benchmarking library
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (180.3K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (4 owners)
- !Heavy dependency tree (26 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
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Deep Insights
17.4M downloads in the last 30 days (580.0K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
180.3K crates depend on criterion — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
This crate is maintained by a team (4 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 8+ years old, criterion hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
26 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include hashbrown, base64, itertools, unicode-ident, itoa. When high-quality crates choose criterion, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["rayon", "plotters", "cargo_bench_support"]
