ferris-says
v0.3.2 GrowingA Rust flavored replacement for the classic cowsay
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 119 crates
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
21.0K downloads in the last 30 days (700/day), up 18% from the previous period.
119 crates depend on ferris-says. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 150 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 8+ years old, ferris-says hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 11KB, ferris-says is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include codesnap-cli, collective-score-client, ferris_print, fsays, arcon_compiler. When high-quality crates choose ferris-says, it's a strong quality signal.
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