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etcetera

v0.11.0 Growing

An unopinionated library for obtaining configuration, data, cache, & other directories

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2024 MSRV 1.87.0
Configuration #path#xdg#basedir#directories#dirs

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.5K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (14KB, 2 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
67.8M
Dependents
1.5K
Releases
15
Size
14KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

8.2M downloads in the last 30 days (274.4K/day), up 29% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.5K crates depend on etcetera. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 6+ years old, etcetera hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 14KB, etcetera is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include sqlx-postgres, testcontainers, nextest-runner, bat, confy. When high-quality crates choose etcetera, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 8/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 16/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
239K/day avg+20%
0100K200K300K400K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.8.0
73%
v0.10.0
15%
v0.11.0
11%
v0.4.0
0%
v0.3.2
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.5K
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