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pollster

v0.4.0 Growing

Synchronously block the thread until a future completes

Apache-2.0/MIT Edition 2018
AsynchronousConcurrency #runtime#async#executor#minimal#block_on

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (5.3K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (10KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0/MIT)

Security

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Downloads
14.6M
Dependents
5.3K
Releases
9
Size
10KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

1.7M downloads in the last 30 days (55.8K/day), up 58% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

5.3K crates depend on pollster. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

pollster has only 1 owner despite 5.3K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 5+ years old, pollster hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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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 10KB, pollster is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include web-time, smithay-client-toolkit, wry, rfd, eframe. When high-quality crates choose pollster, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 6/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 9/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
38K/day avg+110%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.0
51%
v0.3.0
29%
v0.2.5
16%
v0.2.4
2%
v0.2.0
1%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
5.3K
crates depend on pollster

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