ipc-channel
v0.21.0 GrowingA multiprocess drop-in replacement for Rust channels
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 52d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 487 crates
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
213.4K downloads in the last 30 days (7.1K/day), up 4% from the previous period.
487 crates depend on ipc-channel. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 117 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 10+ years old, ipc-channel hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Notable dependents include procspawn, swarm-discovery, rust-webvr-api, zng-task, rash_core. When high-quality crates choose ipc-channel, it's a strong quality signal.
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