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headless_chrome

v1.0.21 Stable

Control Chrome programmatically

MIT Edition 2024 MSRV 1.85

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 52d ago)
  • โœ“Stable API (1.x for 7+ years)
  • โœ“Trusted by 583 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (25 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
1.5M
Dependents
583
Releases
33
Size
247KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

376.3K downloads in the last 30 days (12.5K/day), up 55% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

583 crates depend on headless_chrome. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Stable for 7+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 7 years with 33 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include lonkero, snekdown, elusion, htop, mdbook-pdf. When high-quality crates choose headless_chrome, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 18/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 13/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
8K/day avg+244%
05K10K15K20K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v1.0.17
51%
v1.0.15
30%
v1.0.9
7%
v0.9.0
7%
v1.0.20
6%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["offline"]

fetchrustlsnightlyoffline*native-tls

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
25
direct dependencies
Dependents
583
crates depend on headless_chrome