homedir
v0.3.6 GrowingA crate to help get the home directory of any user on a system.
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- โTrusted by 959 crates
- โPermissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
- !33% of releases were yanked
Security
Deep Insights
205.4K downloads in the last 30 days (6.8K/day), up 27% from the previous period.
959 crates depend on homedir. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 2+ years old, homedir hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 16KB, homedir is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
33% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include trunk, mise, axoupdater, xx, vfox. When high-quality crates choose homedir, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
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Download Trend
Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on homedir
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Release Timeline
Feature Flags
default =["windows-coinitialize"]