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inout

v0.2.2 Growing

Custom reference types for code generic over in-place and buffer-to-buffer modes of operation.

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2024 MSRV 1.85
No standard library #custom-reference

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 49d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 179 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (13KB, 2 deps)

Security

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Downloads
158.6M
Dependents
179
Releases
20
Size
13KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

13.9M downloads in the last 30 days (462.1K/day), up 23% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

179 crates depend on inout. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 211 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 4+ years old, inout hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 12KB, inout is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include cipher, russh, russh-keys, picky-krb, steamguard-cli. When high-quality crates choose inout, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
367K/day avg+56%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.1.3
57%
v0.1.4
42%
v0.2.2
0%
v0.1.2
0%
v0.2.1
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
179
crates depend on inout