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helix

v0.7.5 Growing

Embed Rust in your Ruby

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Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 7+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Team maintained (3 owners)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (13KB, 3 deps)

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Downloads
171.7K
Dependents
0
Releases
15
Size
13KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

28.3K downloads in the last 30 days (945/day), up 45% from the previous period.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (3 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 9+ years old, helix hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 12KB, helix is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Notable yanked versions

13% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 11/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
562/day avg+327%
05001K2K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Version Adoption

v0.7.5
82%
v0.6.4
8%
v0.5.0
5%
v0.6.1
3%
v0.7.3
2%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
0
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