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crossterm_winapi

v0.9.1 Growing

WinAPI wrapper that provides some basic simple abstractions around common WinAPI calls

MIT Edition 2018
#windows#winapi#abstractions#crossterm#screen_buffer

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 2+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 193 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (16KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
58.0M
Dependents
193
Releases
20
Size
16KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

5.5M downloads in the last 30 days (183.9K/day), up 26% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

193 crates depend on crossterm_winapi. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 7+ years old, crossterm_winapi hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 16KB, crossterm_winapi is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include crossterm, nu-utils, crossterm_input, crossterm_utils, crossterm_cursor. When high-quality crates choose crossterm_winapi, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 9/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
164K/day avg+10%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.9.1
87%
v0.9.0
8%
v0.8.0
3%
v0.7.0
1%
v0.6.2
1%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
193
crates depend on crossterm_winapi

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