is-root
v0.1.3 GrowingA simple library to detect whether you are root/admin or not
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 201 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (4KB, 2 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
16.5K downloads in the last 30 days (549/day), up 139% from the previous period.
201 crates depend on is-root. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 5+ years old, is-root hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 4KB, is-root is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include quork, khost, cargo-artifactory-token, tendrils-core, switchdns. When high-quality crates choose is-root, it's a strong quality signal.
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