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inkwell

v0.9.0 Growing

Inkwell aims to help you pen your own programming languages by safely wrapping llvm-sys.

Apache-2.0 Edition 2024
Development tools::FFI #wrapper#llvm#safe

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 43d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.1K crates depend on it)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (21 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
1.3M
Dependents
1.1K
Releases
19
Size
213KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

95.8K downloads in the last 30 days (3.2K/day), up 9% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.1K crates depend on inkwell. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

inkwell has only 1 owner despite 1.1K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 8+ years old, inkwell hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include wasmer-compiler-llvm, hugr-llvm, diffsl, solang. When high-quality crates choose inkwell, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 13/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 13/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
3K/day avg+9%
02K4K6K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.1.1
29%
v0.5.0
27%
v0.8.0
17%
v0.6.0
14%
v0.2.0
12%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["target-all"]

nightlyllvm11-0llvm12-0llvm13-0llvm14-0llvm15-0llvm16-0llvm17-0llvm18-1llvm19-1llvm20-1llvm21-1llvm22-1target-all*target-armtarget-bpftarget-x86target-mipsexperimentaltarget-lanaitarget-nvptxtarget-riscvtarget-sparctarget-xcoretarget-amdgputarget-msp430target-syncvmtarget-aarch64target-hexagontarget-powerpctarget-systemztyped-pointerstarget-loongarchno-libffi-linkingtarget-webassemblyllvm12-0-force-staticllvm13-0-force-staticllvm14-0-force-staticllvm15-0-force-staticllvm16-0-force-staticllvm17-0-force-staticllvm18-1-force-staticllvm19-1-force-staticllvm20-1-force-staticllvm21-1-force-staticllvm22-1-force-staticllvm12-0-force-dynamicllvm12-0-prefer-staticllvm13-0-force-dynamicllvm13-0-prefer-staticllvm14-0-force-dynamicllvm14-0-prefer-staticllvm15-0-force-dynamicllvm15-0-prefer-staticllvm16-0-force-dynamicllvm16-0-prefer-staticllvm17-0-force-dynamicllvm17-0-prefer-staticllvm18-1-force-dynamicllvm18-1-prefer-staticllvm19-1-force-dynamicllvm19-1-prefer-staticllvm20-1-force-dynamicllvm20-1-prefer-staticllvm21-1-force-dynamicllvm21-1-prefer-staticllvm22-1-force-dynamicllvm22-1-prefer-staticllvm12-0-prefer-dynamicllvm13-0-prefer-dynamicllvm14-0-prefer-dynamicllvm15-0-prefer-dynamicllvm16-0-prefer-dynamicllvm17-0-prefer-dynamicllvm18-1-prefer-dynamicllvm19-1-prefer-dynamicllvm20-1-prefer-dynamicllvm21-1-prefer-dynamicllvm22-1-prefer-dynamicllvm11-0-no-llvm-linkingllvm12-0-no-llvm-linkingllvm13-0-no-llvm-linkingllvm14-0-no-llvm-linkingllvm15-0-no-llvm-linkingllvm16-0-no-llvm-linkingllvm17-0-no-llvm-linkingllvm18-1-no-llvm-linkingllvm19-1-no-llvm-linkingllvm20-1-no-llvm-linkingllvm21-1-no-llvm-linkingllvm22-1-no-llvm-linking

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
21
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.1K
crates depend on inkwell

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