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ears

v0.8.0 Growing

Easy Rust API to play audio using OpenAL

MIT
#audio#music#sound#openal#sndfile

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 6+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (46KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
76.1K
Dependents
24
Releases
11
Size
46KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

542 downloads in the last 30 days (18/day), up 5% from the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 10+ years old, ears hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 45KB, ears is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include anduin, nico_nico_ni, NicoNicoNi, i8080, easy_syntax. When high-quality crates choose ears, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 5/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 9/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
18/day avg-5%
010203012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.5.1
28%
v0.4.0
25%
v0.3.5
20%
v0.8.0
17%
v0.7.0
10%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
24
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