ethers
v2.0.14 GrowingA complete Ethereum and Celo Rust library
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- ✓Stable API (2.x for 5+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (2.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
231.5K downloads in the last 30 days (7.7K/day), up 28% from the previous period.
2.5K crates depend on ethers. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 56 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 5 years with 33 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 7KB, ethers is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include avalanche-types, siwe, evm-disassembler, google-cloud-kms, dex-connector. When high-quality crates choose ethers, it's a strong quality signal.
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default =["abigen", "rustls", "etherscan"]
