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midly

v0.5.3 Growing

Fast MIDI decoder and encoder both for .mid files and real-time MIDI events

Unlicense Edition 2018

Quick Verdict

  • βœ•Not updated for 3+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • βœ“Massive adoption (1.4K crates depend on it)
  • βœ“Tiny footprint (41KB, 1 deps)

Security

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Downloads
205.0K
Dependents
1.4K
Releases
14
Size
41KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

25.8K downloads in the last 30 days (860/day), up 72% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.4K crates depend on midly. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

midly has only 1 owner despite 1.4K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern β€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 8+ years old, midly 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 40KB, midly is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include sark0y_tam_rst, nodi, pointillism, ensnare, chordparser. When high-quality crates choose midly, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 18/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 9/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads Β· last 90 days
545/day avg+154%
01K2K3K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.5.3
77%
v0.5.2
14%
v0.5.1
4%
v0.4.0
2%
v0.4.1
2%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["alloc", "std", "parallel"]

std*alloc*strictparallel*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.4K
crates depend on midly

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