lipsum
v0.9.1 GrowingLipsum is a lorem ipsum text generation library. It generates pseudo-random Latin text. Use this if you need filler or dummy text for your application. The text is generated using a simple Markov chain, which you can instantiate to generate your own pieces of pseudo-random text.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 480 crates
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
528.2K downloads in the last 30 days (17.6K/day), up 64% from the previous period.
480 crates depend on lipsum. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 8+ years old, lipsum hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 34KB, lipsum is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include cab, typst-library, tui-scrollview, libreddit, tui-popup. When high-quality crates choose lipsum, it's a strong quality signal.
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