curl
v0.4.50 GrowingRust bindings to libcurl for making HTTP requests
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 33d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (3.9K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
1.3M downloads in the last 30 days (43.1K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
3.9K crates depend on curl. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 207 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 11+ years old, curl hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Notable dependents include sentry, oauth2, gix-transport, isahc, git2-curl. When high-quality crates choose curl, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
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Most downloaded crates that depend on curl
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Feature Flags
default =["ssl"]