dotenv
v0.15.0 GrowingA `dotenv` implementation for Rust
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 6+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (17.6K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (12KB, 2 deps)
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Deep Insights
3.3M downloads in the last 30 days (111.6K/day), up 17% from the previous period.
17.6K crates depend on dotenv — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
This crate is maintained by a team (3 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 11+ years old, dotenv hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 11KB, dotenv is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include sea-orm, cloud-storage, qbit-rs, posthog-rs, hdrs. When high-quality crates choose dotenv, it's a strong quality signal.
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