dlib
v0.5.3 GrowingHelper macros for handling manually loading optional system libraries.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 30d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 274 crates
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (7KB, 1 deps)
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Deep Insights
2.8M downloads in the last 30 days (94.3K/day), up 7% from the previous period.
274 crates depend on dlib. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 10+ years old, dlib hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 7KB, dlib is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include wayland-sys, xkbcommon-dl, yeslogic-fontconfig-sys, minifb, wayland-kbd. When high-quality crates choose dlib, it's a strong quality signal.
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