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gcd

v2.3.0 Growing

Calculate the greatest common divisor

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2021

Quick Verdict

  • Not updated for 3+ years
  • Stable API (2.x for 10+ years)
  • Trusted by 274 crates
  • Tiny footprint (9KB, 3 deps)
  • Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
13.3M
Dependents
274
Releases
9
Size
9KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

1.2M downloads in the last 30 days (39.6K/day), up 6% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

274 crates depend on gcd. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 53 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

Stable for 10+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 9 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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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 9KB, gcd is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include fugit, turbojpeg, rp235x-hal, stable-hash, ckb-std. When high-quality crates choose gcd, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
31K/day avg-24%
020K40K60K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v2.3.0
92%
v2.1.0
6%
v2.0.1
1%
v2.2.0
1%
v2.0.2
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
274
crates depend on gcd