inventory

7.9M downloads in the last 30 days (261.8K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

13.3K crates depend on inventory — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.

The primary maintainer publishes 232 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

Despite being 10+ years old, inventory hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

At 16KB, inventory is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include pyo3, typetag, prost-wkt, pyo3-async-runtimes, cucumber. When high-quality crates choose inventory, it's a strong quality signal.