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gc

v0.5.1 Growing

Tracing garbage collector plugin for Rust.

MPL-2.0 Edition 2018
#plugin#garbage#memory

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (20KB, 3 deps)

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Downloads
301.8K
Dependents
99
Releases
24
Size
20KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

4.7K downloads in the last 30 days (157/day), up 85% from the previous period.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 167 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 10+ years old, gc 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 20KB, gc is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include Boa, symbol, hush, oftlisp, lang-interpreter. When high-quality crates choose gc, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 7/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 9/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
107/day avg+84%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.1
62%
v0.3.6
16%
v0.5.0
13%
v0.3.3
7%
v0.3.2
2%

Release Timeline

24 releasessince 2015
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Feature Flags

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
99
crates depend on gc

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