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ic-agent

v0.47.0 Growing

Agent library to communicate with the Internet Computer, following the Public Specification.

Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.88.0
API bindingsData structuresNo standard library #agent#internet-computer#dfinity#icp

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 4d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.2K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (57 direct deps)

Security

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Downloads
1.3M
Dependents
1.2K
Releases
75
Size
110KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

31.9K downloads in the last 30 days (1.1K/day), up 4% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.2K crates depend on ic-agent. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 100 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 5+ years old, ic-agent hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

57 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ic-utils, ic-identity-hsm, pocket-ic, dfx-core, ic-http-gateway. When high-quality crates choose ic-agent, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 20/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 19/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
905/day avg+63%
05001K2K2K3K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.6.0
26%
v0.39.3
20%
v0.40.1
19%
v0.37.1
18%
v0.22.0
17%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["pem"]

pem*ringtracingic_ref_testswasm-bindgen_internal_dynamic-routing

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
57
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.2K
crates depend on ic-agent

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