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fs2

v0.4.3 Growing

Cross-platform file locks and file duplication.

MIT/Apache-2.0
#file#lock#file-system#duplicate#flock

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 8+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (7.2K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (13KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
55.2M
Dependents
7.2K
Releases
12
Size
13KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

3.6M downloads in the last 30 days (118.4K/day), up 39% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

7.2K crates depend on fs2. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

fs2 has only 1 owner despite 7.2K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 10+ years old, fs2 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 13KB, fs2 is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include sled, parity-db, pickledb, cached-path, webrtc-sys-build. When high-quality crates choose fs2, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 5/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
87K/day avg+89%
050K100K150K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.3
98%
v0.2.5
1%
v0.4.2
0%
v0.3.0
0%
v0.4.1
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
7.2K
crates depend on fs2

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