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empty-box

v0.1.1 Growing

Allows for `Box`s to have their values moved out and replaced with new values, while reusing the same allocation.

MIT/Apache-2.0
Data structuresMemory managementRust patterns #box#move#replace#reuse#take

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 8+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (7KB, 0 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
4.7K
Dependents
0
Releases
2
Size
7KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

19 downloads in the last 30 days (1/day), up 12% from the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 8+ years old, empty-box hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Zero dependencies

empty-box has no external dependencies โ€” minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

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Compact crate

At 6KB, empty-box is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 3/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 6/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 4/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
1/day avg-31%
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Version Adoption

v0.1.1
66%
v0.1.0
34%

Release Timeline

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