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melnet

v0.2.27 Growing

Low-level RPC protocol used throughout Themelio for peer-to-peer communciations

MPL-2.0 Edition 2018

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 3+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • !Heavy dependency tree (22 direct deps)

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Downloads
60.0K
Dependents
96
Releases
44
Size
18KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

112 downloads in the last 30 days (4/day), up 67% from the previous period.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 86 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 4+ years old, melnet hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Compact crate

At 17KB, melnet is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include themelio-nodeprot, themelio-node, novasymph. When high-quality crates choose melnet, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 7/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 6/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 9/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
5/day avg-64%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.27
40%
v0.2.26
19%
v0.2.18
14%
v0.2.25
14%
v0.2.2
12%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
22
direct dependencies
Dependents
96
crates depend on melnet