ink
v5.1.1 Growing[ink!] Rust based eDSL for writing smart contracts for Polkadot SDK
Quick Verdict
- ✓Stable API (5.x for 8+ years)
- ✓Trusted by 374 crates
- ✓Team maintained (4 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
9.1K downloads in the last 30 days (303/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
374 crates depend on ink. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
This crate is maintained by a team (4 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 22 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 30KB, ink is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include contract-transcode, ink_e2e, contract-extrinsics, pink-extension, saa-common. When high-quality crates choose ink, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
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