entities

650.8K downloads in the last 30 days (21.7K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

245 crates depend on entities. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 9 years with 6 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

entities has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

At 24KB, entities is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include comrak, escaper, markdown-it, markdown-ppp, ftml. When high-quality crates choose entities, it's a strong quality signal.