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kad
v0.6.1 GrowingA generic / futures based implementation of the Kademlia Distributed Hash Table (DHT)
MIT / Apache-2.0 Edition 2018
#table#hash#distributed#dht#kademlia
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 4+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Permissive license (MIT / Apache-2.0)
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Downloads
15.1K
Dependents
1
Releases
9
Size
22KB
Deep Insights
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Stable downloads
41 downloads in the last 30 days (1/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
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Prolific maintainer
The primary maintainer publishes 76 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 7+ years old, kad hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
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Compact crate
At 22KB, kad is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Health Breakdown
Maintenance 5/25
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Quality 13/25
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Community 4/20
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Popularity 5/15
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
Documentation 9/15
Docs, repo, license, metadata
Download Trend
Daily downloads · last 90 days
2/day avg-61%
Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on kad
Version Adoption
v0.5.0
28%
v0.6.1
21%
v0.2.3
17%
v0.4.0
17%
v0.3.0
16%
Release Timeline
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Dependencies
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direct dependencies
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