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hermit

v0.13.0 Growing

The Hermit unikernel for Rust.

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021
Operating systems #unikernel#libos

Quick Verdict

  • Actively maintained (updated 30d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • Tiny footprint (1KB, 0 deps)
  • Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
18.7K
Dependents
3
Releases
14
Size
1KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

166 downloads in the last 30 days, down 66% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 6+ years old, hermit hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Zero dependencies

hermit has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

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Compact crate

At 1KB, hermit is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 14/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 8/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 5/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
10/day avg-42%
01020304012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on hermit

Version Adoption

v0.9.1
30%
v0.11.0
19%
v0.7.2
18%
v0.8.2
18%
v0.0.0
17%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
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direct dependencies
Dependents
3
crates depend on hermit

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