futures-lite
v2.6.1 GrowingFutures, streams, and async I/O combinators
Quick Verdict
- ✓Stable API (2.x for 5+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (8.4K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
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Deep Insights
13.3M downloads in the last 30 days (443.0K/day), up 13% from the previous period.
8.4K crates depend on futures-lite. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 118 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 5 years with 39 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 45KB, futures-lite is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include event-listener, js-sys, async-channel, async-lock, wasm-bindgen-futures. When high-quality crates choose futures-lite, it's a strong quality signal.
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Most downloaded crates that depend on futures-lite
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Feature Flags
default =["race", "std"]
