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piston_window

v0.147.0 Growing

The official Piston Window for the Piston game engine

MIT Edition 2024
#gamedev#game#window#piston#engine

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 42d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 681 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (39 direct deps)

Security

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Downloads
1.8M
Dependents
681
Releases
168
Size
320KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

19.3K downloads in the last 30 days (642/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

681 crates depend on piston_window. 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.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 11+ years old, piston_window hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

39 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include gfx_debug_draw, gfx_text, ryb_game, piston-music, elmesque. When high-quality crates choose piston_window, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 16/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 11/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 16/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
706/day avg-24%
05001K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.146.0
60%
v0.147.0
13%
v0.139.0
12%
v0.138.2
9%
v0.141.0
6%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
39
direct dependencies
Dependents
681
crates depend on piston_window

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