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karen

v0.1.2 Growing

Detect if you are running as root, restart self with sudo or any other wrapper if needed or setup uid zero when running with the SUID flag set.

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021
#sudo#polkit#doas#suid#pkexec

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Team maintained (5 owners)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (11KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
18.5K
Dependents
16
Releases
3
Size
11KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

519 downloads in the last 30 days, down 32% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (5 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 1+ years old, karen hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

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

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Compact crate

At 10KB, karen is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 5/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 5/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
24/day avg-57%
02040608010012012/301/172/42/223/123/29

Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on karen

Version Adoption

v0.1.2
87%
v0.1.0
7%
v0.1.1
6%

Release Timeline

3 releasessince 2024
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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
16
crates depend on karen

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