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fsevent-sys

v5.2.0 Growing

Rust bindings to the fsevent macOS API for file changes notifications

MIT Edition 2018

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (5.x for 11+ years)
  • โœ“Trusted by 114 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (4KB, 2 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
44.7M
Dependents
114
Releases
20
Size
4KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

4.2M downloads in the last 30 days (138.4K/day), up 25% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

114 crates depend on fsevent-sys. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Stable for 11+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 11 years with 20 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 4KB, fsevent-sys is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Notable yanked versions

15% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include notify, notify-fork, notify-forked, fsevents, brk-notify. When high-quality crates choose fsevent-sys, 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 7/20

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
112K/day avg+55%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v4.1.0
83%
v4.0.0
9%
v2.0.1
7%
v3.0.2
1%
v3.1.0
1%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
114
crates depend on fsevent-sys