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
- ✓Massive adoption (1.0K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
- !33% of releases were yanked
Security
Deep Insights
268.4K downloads in the last 30 days (8.9K/day), up 22% from the previous period.
1.0K crates depend on homedir. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
homedir has only 1 owner despite 1.0K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
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, axoupdater, mise, 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
Docs, repo, license, metadata
Download Trend
Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on homedir
Version Adoption
Release Timeline
Feature Flags
default =["windows-coinitialize"]
