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os_pipe

v1.2.3 Growing

a cross-platform library for opening OS pipes

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.63
#pipe#pipe2#createpipe#dup

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (1.x for 9+ years)
  • โœ“Massive adoption (4.0K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (10KB, 2 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
74.6M
Dependents
4.0K
Releases
31
Size
10KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

5.2M downloads in the last 30 days (173.1K/day), up 18% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

4.0K crates depend on os_pipe. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

os_pipe has only 1 owner despite 4.0K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Stable for 9+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 9 years with 31 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include io-lifetimes, duct, io-close, io-extras, sigchld. When high-quality crates choose os_pipe, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 10/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 21/25

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
165K/day avg-8%
050K100K150K200K250K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v1.1.4
28%
v1.2.2
23%
v1.2.3
22%
v1.2.1
20%
v1.2.0
8%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
4.0K
crates depend on os_pipe

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