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nostr

v0.44.2 Growing

Rust implementation of the Nostr protocol.

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.70.0
#protocol#no_std#nostr

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 770 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (21 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
580.4K
Dependents
770
Releases
74
Size
207KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

104.6K downloads in the last 30 days (3.5K/day), up 99% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

770 crates depend on nostr. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 75 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 3+ years old, nostr hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include nostr-sdk, nostr-database, nostr-relay-pool, nostr-signer, lnurl-rs. When high-quality crates choose nostr, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 14/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
2K/day avg+153%
02K4K6K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.44.2
42%
v0.43.1
18%
v0.35.0
18%
v0.37.0
13%
v0.22.0
8%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
21
direct dependencies
Dependents
770
crates depend on nostr

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