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objc-sys

v0.3.5 Growing

Raw bindings to the Objective-C runtime and ABI

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.60
External FFI bindingsOperating systems::macOS APIs #sys#ios#objective-c#macos#objc_msgsend

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (21KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
22.3M
Dependents
33
Releases
14
Size
21KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

1.9M downloads in the last 30 days (62.5K/day), up 12% from the previous period.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 232 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 4+ years old, objc-sys hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 20KB, objc-sys is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 7/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
53K/day avg+45%
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Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on objc-sys

Version Adoption

v0.3.5
62%
v0.2.0-beta.2
28%
v0.3.3
7%
v0.3.2
2%
v0.3.1
1%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*allocapplegnustep-1-7gnustep-1-8gnustep-1-9gnustep-2-0gnustep-2-1unstable-objfwunstable-winobjcunstable-c-unwindunstable-exception

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
33
crates depend on objc-sys

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