pest
v2.8.6 StableThe Elegant Parser
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 50d ago)
- ✓Stable API (2.x for 9+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (11.9K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
15.8M downloads in the last 30 days (525.8K/day), up 33% from the previous period.
11.9K crates depend on pest — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 9 years with 90 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
Notable dependents include pest_derive, pest_meta, pest_generator, semver-parser, handlebars. When high-quality crates choose pest, it's a strong quality signal.
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default =["std", "memchr"]
