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loopdev

v0.4.0 Growing

Setup and control loop devices

MIT
#loop#losetup

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 4+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 128 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
923.7K
Dependents
128
Releases
9
Size
9KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

3.5K downloads in the last 30 days (117/day), up 147% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

128 crates depend on loopdev. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 9+ years old, loopdev hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include btrfsutil, debosirus, btrfsutil-fake, libstratis. When high-quality crates choose loopdev, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 3/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 8/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
69/day avg+143%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.1
66%
v0.4.0
22%
v0.2.2
6%
v0.3.0
4%
v0.2.0
3%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

direct_io

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
7
direct dependencies
Dependents
128
crates depend on loopdev

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