objc2

v0.6.4 Growing

Objective-C interface and runtime bindings

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.71

API bindings Development tools::FFI External FFI bindings Operating systems::macOS APIs #ios#objective-c#macos#objc#objc_msgsend

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Quick Verdict

✓Actively maintained (updated 29d ago)
!Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
✓Massive adoption (2.9K crates depend on it)
✓Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads

44.9M

Dependents

2.9K

Releases

Size

275KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

7.7M downloads in the last 30 days (257.2K/day), up 37% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

2.9K crates depend on objc2. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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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, objc2 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include os_info, block2, winit, objc2-foundation, webbrowser. When high-quality crates choose objc2, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 18/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days

187K/day avg+100%

Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on objc2

objc2-core-foundation

Version Adoption

v0.5.2

38%

v0.6.3

31%

v0.4.1

13%

v0.3.0-beta.3

v0.6.1

Release Timeline

27 releasessince 2021

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

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