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discv5

v0.10.4 Growing

Implementation of the p2p discv5 discovery protocol

Apache-2.0 Edition 2018
AsynchronousNetwork programming #networking#discovery#peer-to-peer#libp2p#discv5

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 6d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (32 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
2.3M
Dependents
48
Releases
45
Size
161KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

244.6K downloads in the last 30 days (8.2K/day), up 33% from the previous period.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 5+ years old, discv5 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

32 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ethportal-api, discv5-cli, kona-peers, kona-node-service, kona-p2p. When high-quality crates choose discv5, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 19/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 11/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 16/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 9/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
7K/day avg+48%
05K10K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.9.1
40%
v0.10.2
34%
v0.8.0
10%
v0.7.0
9%
v0.4.1
8%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
32
direct dependencies
Dependents
48
crates depend on discv5

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