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nickel-lang-core

v0.18.0 Growing

Programmable configuration files.

MIT Edition 2024 MSRV 1.89
#configuration#language#nickel#nix

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 40d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (57 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
92.9K
Dependents
78
Releases
23
Size
591KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

17.5K downloads in the last 30 days (585/day), up 52% from the previous period.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, nickel-lang-core hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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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 nickel-lang-cli, nickel-lang-lsp, nickel-lang, topiary-cli, topiary-config. When high-quality crates choose nickel-lang-core, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 20/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 9/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 13/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
378/day avg+5%
05001K2K2K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.17.0
43%
v0.18.0
25%
v0.16.1
18%
v0.15.3
8%
v0.13.0
7%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["markdown", "repl", "doc", "format"]

doc*claprepl*format*metricsmarkdown*repl-wasmbenchmark-cinix-experimentalincremental-experimental

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
57
direct dependencies
Dependents
78
crates depend on nickel-lang-core

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