git2
v0.21.0 GrowingBindings to libgit2 for interoperating with git repositories. This library is both threadsafe and memory safe and allows both reading and writing git repositories.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 56d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (26.6K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
5.2M downloads in the last 30 days (171.7K/day), up 1% from the previous period.
26.6K crates depend on git2 — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 207 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 11+ years old, git2 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Notable dependents include built, git2-curl, shadow-rs, cargo, docify_macros. When high-quality crates choose git2, it's a strong quality signal.
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