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pcg-mwc

v0.2.1 Growing

A fast non-cryptographic psudo random number generator

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2018
AlgorithmsNo standard library #random#rand#pcg#prng#mwc

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 4+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (5KB, 2 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
129.8K
Dependents
8
Releases
3
Size
5KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

1.4K downloads in the last 30 days (47/day), up 21% from the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 4+ years old, pcg-mwc hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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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 4KB, pcg-mwc is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ahash, supply-chain-trust-example-crate-000069, image-overlay. When high-quality crates choose pcg-mwc, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 9/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
43/day avg+0%
05010012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.1
97%
v0.2.0
1%
v0.1.0
1%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
8
crates depend on pcg-mwc

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