rustio rustio.net
57

embedded-io

v0.7.1 Growing

Embedded IO traits

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.81

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.3K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (16KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

Checking security advisories...
Downloads
46.0M
Dependents
1.3K
Releases
10
Size
16KB

Deep Insights

๐Ÿ“ˆ
Strong growth momentum

7.6M downloads in the last 30 days (253.4K/day), up 47% from the previous period.

๐Ÿ”—
Widely adopted

1.3K crates depend on embedded-io. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

๐Ÿ‘ค
Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 160 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

๐Ÿ”ฌ
Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, embedded-io hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

๐Ÿชถ
Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

๐Ÿ“
Compact crate

At 16KB, embedded-io is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

โš ๏ธ
Notable yanked versions

20% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

๐ŸŒŸ
Used by top crates

Notable dependents include heapless, postcard, capnp, embedded-io-async, circular-buffer. When high-quality crates choose embedded-io, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 8/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
179K/day avg+107%
0100K200K300K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.6.1
49%
v0.4.0
44%
v0.7.1
3%
v0.5.0
3%
v0.3.1
0%

Release Timeline

10 releases2 yankedsince 2022
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
2022
5
2023
3
2024
2025
2
2026
Less
More|
Yanked

Feature Flags

stdallocdefmt

README

Loading README...

Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.3K
crates depend on embedded-io