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fsevent

v2.3.0 Growing

Rust bindings to the fsevent-sys macOS API for file changes notifications

MIT Edition 2018

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (2.x for 11+ years)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
4.7M
Dependents
70
Releases
32
Size
14KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

185.5K downloads in the last 30 days (6.2K/day), up 45% from the previous period.

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Stable for 11+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 11 years with 32 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Compact crate

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include rs-auto-sync, http-horse, diskscan, spacedisplay-lib, notify-forked. When high-quality crates choose fsevent, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 10/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 6/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 9/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
5K/day avg+68%
02K4K6K8K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.0
70%
v2.1.2
14%
v2.0.2
9%
v0.2.17
5%
v2.0.1
1%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
5
direct dependencies
Dependents
70
crates depend on fsevent