hidapi

v2.6.5 Stable

Rust-y wrapper around hidapi

MIT Edition 2021

#binding#usb#api#wrapper#hid

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Quick Verdict

✓Actively maintained (updated 30d ago)
✓Stable API (2.x for 10+ years)
✓Massive adoption (1.8K crates depend on it)
✓Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads

6.1M

Dependents

1.8K

Releases

Size

135KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

361.9K downloads in the last 30 days (12.1K/day), up 49% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.8K crates depend on hidapi. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Stable for 10+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 53 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include solana-remote-wallet, ledger-transport-hid, probe-rs, iota-ledger-nano, async-hwi. When high-quality crates choose hidapi, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 16/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 18/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days

9K/day avg+92%

Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on hidapi

Version Adoption

v2.6.3

48%

v1.5.0

25%

v2.4.1

11%

v2.6.1

10%

v2.6.4

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["linux-static-hidraw", "illumos-static-libusb"]

linux-nativewindows-nativelinux-shared-hidrawlinux-shared-libusblinux-static-hidraw*linux-static-libusbmacos-shared-deviceillumos-shared-libusbillumos-static-libusb*linux-native-basic-udev