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horrorshow

v0.8.9 Growing

a templating library written in rust macros

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2018
Template engine #html#template#xml

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 40d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 350 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (23KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
352.1K
Dependents
350
Releases
34
Size
23KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

20.9K downloads in the last 30 days (695/day), up 46% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

350 crates depend on horrorshow. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 10+ years old, horrorshow hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 22KB, horrorshow is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include forc-doc, noosphere-into, vial, gazetta-core, const-tweaker. When high-quality crates choose horrorshow, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 16/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
435/day avg+229%
05001K2K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.8.4
70%
v0.8.3
15%
v0.8.8
8%
v0.6.6
4%
v0.7.0
3%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["ops", "std", "alloc"]

ops*std*alloc*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
350
crates depend on horrorshow

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