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kira
v0.12.1 GrowingExpressive audio library for games
MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2024
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 49d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 612 crates
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Downloads
813.7K
Dependents
612
Releases
51
Size
100KB
Deep Insights
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Steady growth
45.3K downloads in the last 30 days (1.5K/day), up 4% from the previous period.
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Moderate adoption
612 crates depend on kira. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
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Pre-1.0 for over a year
Despite being 5+ years old, kira hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
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Used by top crates
Notable dependents include piston_window, bevy_kira_audio, emerald, piston-dyon_interactive, micro-games-kit. When high-quality crates choose kira, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Maintenance 17/25
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Quality 13/25
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Community 14/20
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Popularity 7/15
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
Documentation 10/15
Docs, repo, license, metadata
Download Trend
Daily downloads · last 90 days
1K/day avg-30%
Top Dependents
Version Adoption
v0.10.8
45%
v0.12.0
23%
v0.11.0
19%
v0.12.1
7%
v0.10.4
6%
Release Timeline
10 releasessince 2025
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Feature Flags
default =["cpal", "mp3", "ogg", "vorbis", "flac", "wav", "pcm"]
aaccafmkvmp1mp2mp3*mpaogg*pcm*wav*aiffalacflac*adpcmisomp4vorbis*
README
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Maintainers
Dependencies
13
direct dependencies
Dependents
612
crates depend on kira