piston

27.3K downloads in the last 30 days (911/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

1.0K crates depend on piston. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

The primary maintainer publishes 157 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 11 years with 82 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

At 8KB, piston is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include pistoncore-glutin_window, piston_window, piston2d-gfx_graphics, piston2d-opengl_graphics, piston2d-glium_graphics. When high-quality crates choose piston, it's a strong quality signal.