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ink_lang

v3.4.0 Growing

[ink!] Rust based eDSL for writing smart contracts for Substrate

Apache-2.0 Edition 2021
Embedded developmentNo standard library #blockchain#edsl#wasm#webassembly#parity

Quick Verdict

  • Not updated for 3+ years
  • Stable API (3.x for 6+ years)
  • Trusted by 120 crates
  • Team maintained (3 owners)
  • Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
120.7K
Dependents
120
Releases
18
Size
28KB

Deep Insights

📈
Strong growth momentum

1.8K downloads in the last 30 days (60/day), up 45% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

120 crates depend on ink_lang. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (3 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

Stable for 6+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 6 years with 18 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

📐
Compact crate

At 28KB, ink_lang is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ink_lang_macro, polymesh_ink_upgrade_tracker, accumulate, brush_lang_macro, brush_lang. When high-quality crates choose ink_lang, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 5/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
47/day avg+53%
05010015012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v3.4.0
46%
v3.3.1
17%
v3.0.0-rc3
14%
v3.3.0
13%
v3.0.1
10%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*show-codegen-docs

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
12
direct dependencies
Dependents
120
crates depend on ink_lang

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