notify
v8.2.0 StableCross-platform filesystem notification library
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 24d ago)
- ✓Stable API (8.x for 11+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (26.8K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (4 owners)
Security
Deep Insights
11.7M downloads in the last 30 days (390.7K/day), up 31% from the previous period.
26.8K crates depend on notify — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 66 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 11 years with 83 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 38KB, notify is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include config, zookeeper-client, notify-debouncer-full, notify-debouncer-mini, mdbook. When high-quality crates choose notify, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
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Most downloaded crates that depend on notify
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Feature Flags
default =["macos_fsevent"]
