guardian
v1.3.0 GrowingProvides owned mutex guards for refcounted mutexes.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- ✓Stable API (1.x for 10+ years)
- ✓Trusted by 177 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (15KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
451.5K downloads in the last 30 days (15.0K/day), up 3% from the previous period.
177 crates depend on guardian. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 93 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 8 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
guardian has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 15KB, guardian is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include reactive_graph, reactive_stores, surrealkv, key-mutex, urcu2. When high-quality crates choose guardian, it's a strong quality signal.
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Most downloaded crates that depend on guardian