pest

19.4M downloads in the last 30 days (648.2K/day), up 22% from the previous period.

12.6K 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 10 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.