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libp2p-kad

v0.48.0 Growing

Kademlia protocol for libp2p

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.83.0
AsynchronousNetwork programming #networking#peer-to-peer#libp2p

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 202 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (6 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (25 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
11.7M
Dependents
202
Releases
78
Size
125KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

525.8K downloads in the last 30 days (17.5K/day), up 21% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

202 crates depend on libp2p-kad. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 81 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, libp2p-kad hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

25 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include libp2p, libp2p-metrics, sc-network-types, fuel-p2p, p2p-net-oura. When high-quality crates choose libp2p-kad, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 9/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 11/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
15K/day avg+47%
010K20K30K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.46.2
35%
v0.43.3
25%
v0.44.6
19%
v0.45.3
12%
v0.48.0
10%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
25
direct dependencies
Dependents
202
crates depend on libp2p-kad

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