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nu-protocol

v0.111.0 Growing

Nushell's internal protocols, including its abstract syntax tree

MIT Edition 2024

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 27d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (3.5K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (39 direct deps)

Security

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Downloads
825.1K
Dependents
3.5K
Releases
113
Size
265KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

38.0K downloads in the last 30 days (1.3K/day), up 19% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

3.5K crates depend on nu-protocol. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 86 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 6+ years old, nu-protocol hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include nu-engine, nu-parser, nu-color-config, nu-table, nu-cli. When high-quality crates choose nu-protocol, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 20/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 11/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
1K/day avg+58%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.104.1
37%
v0.88.1
31%
v0.104.0
13%
v0.103.0
10%
v0.81.0
9%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["os"]

os*pluginsqlite

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
39
direct dependencies
Dependents
3.5K
crates depend on nu-protocol