lettre
v0.11.19 GrowingEmail client
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (3.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- !Heavy dependency tree (47 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
931.6K downloads in the last 30 days (31.1K/day), up 45% from the previous period.
3.5K crates depend on lettre. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 10+ years old, lettre hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
47 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include lettre_email, imap, loco-rs, lonkero, lemmy_utils. When high-quality crates choose lettre, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["smtp-transport", "pool", "native-tls", "hostname", "builder"]
