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mail_slot

v0.1.3 Growing

A Rust implementation of the Windows Mailslot API

MIT Edition 2018
Operating systems::Windows APIs #windows#ipc#mailslot

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 6+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (7KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
7.0K
Dependents
0
Releases
4
Size
7KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

67 downloads in the last 30 days (2/day), up 319% from the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

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

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 7KB, mail_slot is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 9/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 5/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 5/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 9/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
2/day avg+14%
051012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Version Adoption

v0.1.3
43%
v0.1.1
19%
v0.1.0
19%
v0.1.2
19%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
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direct dependencies
Dependents
0
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