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hostname

v0.4.2 Growing

Cross-platform system's host name functions

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.74
API bindingsOperating systems #hostname#gethostname#sethostname

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (6.4K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
140.3M
Dependents
6.4K
Releases
12
Size
13KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

8.9M downloads in the last 30 days (296.7K/day), up 14% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

6.4K crates depend on hostname. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 9+ years old, hostname hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 13KB, hostname is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include kube-runtime, sentry-contexts, flexi_logger, lettre, vrl. When high-quality crates choose hostname, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 10/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
247K/day avg+55%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.3.1
63%
v0.4.1
15%
v0.4.0
12%
v0.4.2
7%
v0.1.5
4%

Release Timeline

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Dependencies
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Dependents
6.4K
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