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ptyprocess

v0.5.0 Growing

A library to work with PTY/TTY on Unix systems

MIT Edition 2018

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (14KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
914.1K
Dependents
60
Releases
14
Size
14KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

108.7K downloads in the last 30 days (3.6K/day), up 4% from the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

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

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 13KB, ptyprocess is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include expectrl, completest-pty, anticipate, lector. When high-quality crates choose ptyprocess, 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 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
3K/day avg-50%
02K4K6K4/275/156/26/207/87/25

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.1
72%
v0.5.0
20%
v0.3.0
7%
v0.2.0
0%
v0.1.9
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
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Dependents
60
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