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passterm

v2.0.6 Growing

Read terminal password, check isatty

BSD-3-Clause Edition 2024
Command-line interface #password#security#tty#getpass#isatty

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (2.x for 4+ years)
  • โœ“Trusted by 146 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (9KB, 3 deps)

Security

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Downloads
179.0K
Dependents
146
Releases
19
Size
9KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

12.0K downloads in the last 30 days, down 25% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Moderate adoption

146 crates depend on passterm. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Stable for 4+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 4 years with 19 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Minimal dependencies

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

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Compact crate

At 9KB, passterm is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 11/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 22/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
383/day avg-50%
05001K2K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on passterm

Version Adoption

v2.0.1
54%
v2.0.6
17%
v2.0.3
16%
v2.0.5
11%
v1.1.7
2%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

secure_zero

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
146
crates depend on passterm

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