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promptly

v0.3.1 Growing

Simple, opinionated CLI prompting helper

MIT Edition 2018
Command-line interface #readline#cli#prompt#autocomplete

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 3+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 252 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (10KB, 2 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
2.6M
Dependents
252
Releases
9
Size
10KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

213.3K downloads in the last 30 days (7.1K/day), up 48% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

252 crates depend on promptly. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 7+ years old, promptly hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

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

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Notable yanked versions

11% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include atomic-cli, anda, zine, fhttp-core, beemovie. When high-quality crates choose promptly, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

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
5K/day avg+95%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.3.1
88%
v0.3.0
8%
v0.1.5
4%
v0.2.0
0%
v0.1.4
0%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
252
crates depend on promptly

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