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gcp_auth

v0.12.7 Growing

Google cloud platform (GCP) authentication using default and custom service accounts

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.85
AsynchronousAuthentication #google#authentication#gcp

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 21d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 608 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (22 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
11.0M
Dependents
608
Releases
40
Size
26KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

929.8K downloads in the last 30 days (31.0K/day), up 11% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

608 crates depend on gcp_auth. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 6+ years old, gcp_auth hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

22 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Compact crate

At 26KB, gcp_auth is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include bigtable_rs, genai, opentelemetry-stackdriver, google-generative-ai-rs, liter-llm. When high-quality crates choose gcp_auth, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 18/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 16/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
26K/day avg-36%
020K40K60K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.12.3
53%
v0.12.6
28%
v0.12.2
10%
v0.12.5
5%
v0.12.4
4%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["ring"]

ring*aws-lc-rswebpki-roots

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
22
direct dependencies
Dependents
608
crates depend on gcp_auth

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