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ic-agent

v0.47.3 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 10d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.3K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (57 direct deps)

Security

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Downloads
1.4M
Dependents
1.3K
Releases
78
Size
117KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

28.3K downloads in the last 30 days (942/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.3K 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 19/25

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
977/day avg-17%
01K2K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.45.0
56%
v0.44.3
27%
v0.46.2
8%
v0.44.2
7%
v0.47.2
2%

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
1.3K
crates depend on ic-agent

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