ouroboros

3.5M downloads in the last 30 days (116.9K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

2.3K crates depend on ouroboros. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

ouroboros has only 1 owner despite 2.3K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.

Despite being 5+ years old, ouroboros hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

At 11KB, ouroboros is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

22% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

Notable dependents include sea-orm, opendal, mailparse, pingora-core, cynic-codegen. When high-quality crates choose ouroboros, it's a strong quality signal.