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nu-source

v0.44.0 Growing

A source string characterizer for Nushell

MIT Edition 2018

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 4+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.1K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
171.9K
Dependents
1.1K
Releases
43
Size
10KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

710 downloads in the last 30 days (24/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.1K crates depend on nu-source. 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-source hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 10KB, nu-source is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include nu-errors, nu-value-ext, nu-data, nu_plugin_textview, nu-stream. When high-quality crates choose nu-source, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 11/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 9/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 6/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
23/day avg-5%
020406012/301/172/42/223/123/29

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.44.0
41%
v0.26.0
18%
v0.34.0
14%
v0.36.0
13%
v0.32.0
13%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
5
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.1K
crates depend on nu-source