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lnk

v0.6.4 Growing

A Rust library to parse and write Windows shortcut files (.lnk)

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.85

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • !Heavy dependency tree (21 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
78.8K
Dependents
47
Releases
12
Size
42KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

6.9K downloads in the last 30 days, down 25% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 6+ years old, lnk hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Compact crate

At 41KB, lnk is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include dfir-toolkit, gdman, applications, installed_pkg, app-finder. When high-quality crates choose lnk, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 11/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 6/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
261/day avg-66%
01K2K3K4K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.6.3
33%
v0.5.1
31%
v0.6.4
29%
v0.3.0
4%
v0.2.1
3%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["serde"]

serde*binwritelnk2jsonunstable-save

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
21
direct dependencies
Dependents
47
crates depend on lnk