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espeak-rs

v0.2.0 Growing

Safe Rust bindings to espeak-ng

MIT Edition 2021
#audio#tts#speech#rodio#espeak-ng

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 4d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (8KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
35.2K
Dependents
32
Releases
8
Size
8KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

6.3K downloads in the last 30 days (209/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 1+ years old, espeak-rs hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

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

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Compact crate

At 8KB, espeak-rs is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include piper-rs, misaki-rs, kokoro-tiny, adk-audio, kokoro-micro. When high-quality crates choose espeak-rs, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 18/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 7/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 5/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
208/day avg+6%
05001K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.1.9
89%
v0.1.1
4%
v0.1.0
3%
v0.1.2
2%
v0.1.8
2%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["compile-espeak-intonations"]

compile-espeak-intonations*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
32
crates depend on espeak-rs

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