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faer

v0.24.4 Growing

linear algebra library

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.84.0
#math#linear-algebra

Quick Verdict

  • βœ“Actively maintained (updated 19d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • βœ“Massive adoption (2.6K crates depend on it)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (46 direct deps)
  • βœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
3.5M
Dependents
2.6K
Releases
53
Size
1.9MB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

454.5K downloads in the last 30 days (15.2K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Widely adopted

2.6K crates depend on faer. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 59 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, faer hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

46 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Notable yanked versions

19% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include argmin-math, nano-gemm, private-gemm-x86, clarabel, faer-ext. When high-quality crates choose faer, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 18/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 9/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads Β· last 90 days
13K/day avg-40%
05K10K15K20K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.23.2
54%
v0.24.0
38%
v0.22.6
6%
v0.24.4
1%
v0.24.1
0%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std", "rayon", "sparse-linalg", "rand", "npy"]

npy*std*rand*rayon*linalgsparsenightlyunstableperf-warnsparse-linalg*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
46
direct dependencies
Dependents
2.6K
crates depend on faer

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