mecab
v0.1.6 GrowingSafe Rust wrapper for mecab a japanese language part-of-speech and morphological analyzer library
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Tiny footprint (8KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
309 downloads in the last 30 days (10/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
Despite being 10+ years old, mecab hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
mecab has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 7KB, mecab is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include uiuifree-dictionary, uiuifree-mecab, trustformers-tokenizers. When high-quality crates choose mecab, it's a strong quality signal.
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