humantime
v2.3.0 GrowingA parser and formatter for std::time::{Duration, SystemTime}
Quick Verdict
- ✓Stable API (2.x for 10+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (17.7K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
19.7M downloads in the last 30 days (658.2K/day), up 20% from the previous period.
17.7K crates depend on humantime — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 79 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 17 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 23KB, humantime is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include jiff, object_store, humantime-serde, console-subscriber, fern. When high-quality crates choose humantime, it's a strong quality signal.
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