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piston_meta

v2.0.1 Growing

A DSL parsing library for human readable text documents

MIT
#encoding#piston#decoding#language#meta

Quick Verdict

  • Not updated for 4+ years
  • Stable API (2.x for 10+ years)
  • Trusted by 253 crates
  • Team maintained (2 owners)
  • Tiny footprint (37KB, 3 deps)

Security

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Downloads
217.1K
Dependents
253
Releases
75
Size
37KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

1.1K downloads in the last 30 days (37/day), up 79% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

253 crates depend on piston_meta. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

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

Stable for 10+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 75 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Minimal dependencies

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

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Compact crate

At 36KB, piston_meta is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include piston_window, dyon, piston_meta_search, eco, poi. When high-quality crates choose piston_meta, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 7/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 21/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
25/day avg+99%
05010015012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v2.0.1
37%
v0.25.1
16%
v1.0.1
16%
v1.0.0
15%
v0.29.1
15%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

unstable

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
253
crates depend on piston_meta

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