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pallet-authorship

v45.0.0 Stable

Block and Uncle Author tracking for the FRAME

Apache-2.0 Edition 2021

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (45.x for 6+ years)
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.1K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
1.3M
Dependents
1.1K
Releases
61
Size
28KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

41.7K downloads in the last 30 days (1.4K/day), up 4% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.1K crates depend on pallet-authorship. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 658 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Stable for 6+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 6 years with 61 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Compact crate

At 27KB, pallet-authorship is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include polkadot-sdk, pallet-grandpa, pallet-staking, pallet-babe, polkadot-runtime-parachains. When high-quality crates choose pallet-authorship, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 14/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 21/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
1K/day avg+41%
05001K2K2K3K12/301/172/42/223/123/29

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v38.0.0
54%
v3.0.0
16%
v2.0.0
11%
v40.0.0
11%
v2.0.1
7%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*try-runtime

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
6
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.1K
crates depend on pallet-authorship