indoc

v2.0.7 Growing

Indented document literals

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.60

Rust patterns Text processing No standard library No standard library::No dynamic allocation #string#literal#heredoc#nowdoc#multiline

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Quick Verdict

✓Stable API (2.x for 10+ years)
✓Massive adoption (23.4K crates depend on it)
✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads

212.2M

Dependents

23.4K

Releases

Size

17KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

15.8M downloads in the last 30 days (525.2K/day), up 14% from the previous period.

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Foundational crate

23.4K crates depend on indoc — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 231 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Stable for 10+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 50 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Compact crate

At 17KB, indoc is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include serde_json, prettyplease, serde_yaml, cxx, sqlformat. When high-quality crates choose indoc, it's a strong quality signal.