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glib-sys

v0.22.6 Growing

FFI bindings to libglib-2.0

MIT Edition 2024 MSRV 1.92
#ffi#glib#gnome#gtk-rs

Quick Verdict

  • βœ“Actively maintained (updated 28d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • βœ“Massive adoption (3.4K crates depend on it)
  • βœ“Team maintained (4 owners)
  • βœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
33.6M
Dependents
3.4K
Releases
58
Size
68KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

3.2M downloads in the last 30 days (105.9K/day), up 12% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

3.4K crates depend on glib-sys. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 117 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 11+ years old, glib-sys hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include gobject-sys, glib, gio-sys, cairo-sys-rs, pango-sys. When high-quality crates choose glib-sys, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 17/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads Β· last 90 days
95K/day avg+21%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.21.5
66%
v0.21.2
14%
v0.21.1
10%
v0.22.3
6%
v0.22.0
4%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
4
direct dependencies
Dependents
3.4K
crates depend on glib-sys

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