downcast
v0.11.0 GrowingTrait for downcasting trait objects back to their original types.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 4+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 453 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (6KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
7.6M downloads in the last 30 days (252.3K/day), up 33% from the previous period.
453 crates depend on downcast. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 10+ years old, downcast hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
downcast has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 6KB, downcast is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include mockall, workflow-log, workflow-terminal, ioc, palkia. When high-quality crates choose downcast, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["std"]
