file-guard
v0.2.0 GrowingA cross-platform library for simple advisory file locking.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 575 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (10KB, 3 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
711.5K downloads in the last 30 days (23.7K/day), up 50% from the previous period.
575 crates depend on file-guard. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 4+ years old, file-guard hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 10KB, file-guard is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include expander, statsig-rust, wash-cli, sigstat, marlin-verilator. When high-quality crates choose file-guard, it's a strong quality signal.
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