platform-dirs
v0.3.0 GrowingA library for obtaining platform dependant directory paths for application and user directories
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 5+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 611 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (7KB, 1 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
100.6K downloads in the last 30 days (3.4K/day), up 34% from the previous period.
611 crates depend on platform-dirs. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 6+ years old, platform-dirs hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 7KB, platform-dirs is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include anise, snekdown, nxui, ncspot, librashader-cache. When high-quality crates choose platform-dirs, it's a strong quality signal.
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