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nanorand

v0.8.0 Growing

A tiny, fast, zero-dep library for random number generation.

Zlib Edition 2021 MSRV 1.56
AlgorithmsNo standard library #random#rand#entropy#no-std

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 821 crates

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Downloads
58.3M
Dependents
821
Releases
18
Size
21KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

3.1M downloads in the last 30 days (104.4K/day), up 2% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

821 crates depend on nanorand. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 5+ years old, nanorand hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 20KB, nanorand is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include prioritized-metered-channel, ntex, ntex-h2, bp7, rune-modules. When high-quality crates choose nanorand, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 8/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

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
97K/day avg+18%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.7.0
97%
v0.6.1
2%
v0.5.2
1%
v0.8.0
1%
v0.4.4
0%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["entropy", "std", "tls", "wyrand", "pcg64", "chacha"]

std*tls*allocpcg64*chacha*rdseedwyrand*entropy*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
5
direct dependencies
Dependents
821
crates depend on nanorand

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