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liner

v0.4.4 Growing

A library offering readline-like functionality.

MIT
#readline#line#input#completion#editor

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 8+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (30KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
73.7K
Dependents
53
Releases
16
Size
30KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

388 downloads in the last 30 days (13/day), up 48% from the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 9+ years old, liner 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 29KB, liner is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ion-shell, calculate, julia. When high-quality crates choose liner, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

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 ยท last 90 days
11/day avg+21%
020406012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.4
51%
v0.1.5
18%
v0.4.2
12%
v0.1.3
11%
v0.4.0
8%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
53
crates depend on liner

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