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genetlink

v0.2.6 Growing

communicate with generic netlink

MIT Edition 2018
#linux#netlink

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
745.9K
Dependents
48
Releases
8
Size
16KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

62.3K downloads in the last 30 days (2.1K/day), up 13% from the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 4+ years old, genetlink hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 16KB, genetlink is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Notable yanked versions

13% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ethtool, netlink-packet-wireguard, mptcp-pm, wl-nl80211, nl-wireguard. When high-quality crates choose genetlink, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 6/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 11/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

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
2K/day avg-39%
01K2K3K4/275/156/26/207/87/25

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.5
44%
v0.2.6
41%
v0.2.4
5%
v0.2.1
4%
v0.2.3
4%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["tokio_socket"]

smol_sockettokio_socket*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
10
direct dependencies
Dependents
48
crates depend on genetlink

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