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gix-diff

v0.65.0 Growing

Calculate differences between various git objects

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2024 MSRV 1.85

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 21d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 185 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (23 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
38.8M
Dependents
185
Releases
50
Size
66KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

2.8M downloads in the last 30 days (94.8K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

185 crates depend on gix-diff. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 864 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 3+ years old, gix-diff hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include gix-pack, gix, gix-status, gix-blame, gix-merge. When high-quality crates choose gix-diff, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 19/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 7/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
80K/day avg-39%
050K100K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.58.0
28%
v0.57.1
27%
v0.57.0
22%
v0.64.0
14%
v0.61.0
9%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
23
direct dependencies
Dependents
185
crates depend on gix-diff