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license-exprs

v1.6.0 Growing

Validate SPDX 2.1 license expressions using SPDX License List 3.11 identifiers.

Apache-2.0 OR MIT

Quick Verdict

  • Not updated for 5+ years
  • Stable API (1.x for 10+ years)
  • Team maintained (5 owners)
  • Tiny footprint (10KB, 0 deps)
  • Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)

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Downloads
59.5K
Dependents
6
Releases
8
Size
10KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

1.7K downloads in the last 30 days (58/day), up 524% from the previous period.

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Team maintained

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

Stable for 10+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 8 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Zero dependencies

license-exprs has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

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Compact crate

At 9KB, license-exprs is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Notable yanked versions

13% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 8/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 8/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
24/day avg+339%
010020030012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on license-exprs

Version Adoption

v1.6.0
34%
v1.5.0
23%
v1.3.0
19%
v1.4.0
14%
v1.2.0
11%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
0
direct dependencies
Dependents
6
crates depend on license-exprs