num-derive
v0.4.2 GrowingNumeric syntax extensions
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (19.2K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
13.4M downloads in the last 30 days (445.8K/day), up 12% from the previous period.
19.2K crates depend on num-derive — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
num-derive has only 1 owner despite 19.2K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
Despite being 9+ years old, num-derive hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 14KB, num-derive is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include rav1e, cpal, spl-token-2022, polars-utils, spl-token. When high-quality crates choose num-derive, it's a strong quality signal.
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