pathdiff
v0.2.3 GrowingLibrary for diffing paths to obtain relative paths
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (11.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Tiny footprint (7KB, 2 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
10.5M downloads in the last 30 days (349.5K/day), up 44% from the previous period.
11.5K crates depend on pathdiff — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 167 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 8+ years old, pathdiff hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 7KB, pathdiff is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include config, open, swc_ecma_parser, guppy, cargo-nextest. When high-quality crates choose pathdiff, it's a strong quality signal.
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