darling

43.6M downloads in the last 30 days (1.5M/day), up 17% from the previous period.

11.8K crates depend on darling — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.

darling has only 1 owner despite 11.8K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.

Despite being 9+ years old, darling hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

At 42KB, darling is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include serde_with_macros, derive_builder_core, validator_derive, kube-derive, bon-macros. When high-quality crates choose darling, it's a strong quality signal.