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pin-project-lite

v0.2.17 Growing

A lightweight version of pin-project written with declarative macros.

Apache-2.0 OR MIT Edition 2018 MSRV 1.37

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (22.5K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (31KB, 2 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
  • !55% of releases were yanked

Security

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Downloads
841.8M
Dependents
22.5K
Releases
31
Size
31KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

67.1M downloads in the last 30 days (2.2M/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Foundational crate

22.5K crates depend on pin-project-lite โ€” it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 118 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 6+ years old, pin-project-lite 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 30KB, pin-project-lite is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Notable yanked versions

55% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include tokio, hyper, futures-util, tracing, tokio-util. When high-quality crates choose pin-project-lite, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 11/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 9/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
2.0M/day avg-44%
01.0M2.0M3.0M4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.16
45%
v0.2.17
19%
v0.2.14
14%
v0.2.13
12%
v0.2.9
11%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
22.5K
crates depend on pin-project-lite

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