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malachite-bigint

v0.9.1 Growing

A drop-in num-bigint replacement based on malachite

LGPL-3.0-only Edition 2024 MSRV 1.90.0

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 54d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Team maintained (3 owners)

Security

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Downloads
4.2M
Dependents
48
Releases
15
Size
13KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

556.8K downloads in the last 30 days (18.6K/day), up 22% from the previous period.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (3 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 2+ years old, malachite-bigint hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 13KB, malachite-bigint is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Notable yanked versions

13% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include rustpython-parser, rustpython-ast, clvmr, rustpython-format, rustpython-compiler-core. When high-quality crates choose malachite-bigint, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
16K/day avg+38%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.3
60%
v0.2.0
31%
v0.1.0
7%
v0.9.1
1%
v0.6.1
1%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
7
direct dependencies
Dependents
48
crates depend on malachite-bigint