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priority-queue

v2.7.0 Growing

A Priority Queue implemented as a heap with a function to efficiently change the priority of an item.

LGPL-3.0-or-later OR MPL-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.65.0
AlgorithmsData structures #queue#heap#priority

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (2.x for 8+ years)
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.5K crates depend on it)

Security

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Downloads
20.7M
Dependents
1.5K
Releases
55
Size
52KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

1.8M downloads in the last 30 days (58.6K/day), up 49% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.5K crates depend on priority-queue. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

priority-queue has only 1 owner despite 1.5K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Stable for 8+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 55 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include poem, rustworkx-core, orx-priority-queue, librespot-core, safe_network. When high-quality crates choose priority-queue, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 11/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
42K/day avg+88%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v2.1.1
29%
v0.6.0
21%
v1.4.0
20%
v1.3.2
15%
v2.7.0
15%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
9
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.5K
crates depend on priority-queue

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