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global-hotkey

v0.8.0 Growing

Global hotkeys for Desktop Applications

Apache-2.0 OR MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.77
GUI #windowing#global#hotkey#global-hotkey

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 25d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 133 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)

Security

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Downloads
2.6M
Dependents
133
Releases
26
Size
72KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

495.1K downloads in the last 30 days (16.5K/day), up 62% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

133 crates depend on global-hotkey. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 88 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, global-hotkey hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include tauri-plugin-global-shortcut, dioxus-desktop, heimdall-cli, doo, whisp. When high-quality crates choose global-hotkey, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 17/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

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
12K/day avg+86%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.7.0
76%
v0.5.5
13%
v0.6.3
5%
v0.6.4
4%
v0.5.4
2%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
16
direct dependencies
Dependents
133
crates depend on global-hotkey

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