purl
v0.1.6 GrowingA Package URL implementation with customizable package types
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 192 crates
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
252.9K downloads in the last 30 days (8.4K/day), up 66% from the previous period.
192 crates depend on purl. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
This crate is maintained by a team (3 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 2+ years old, purl hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 25KB, purl is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include cyclonedx-bom, cargo-cyclonedx, rattler_conda_types, ghastoolkit, konarr. When high-quality crates choose purl, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["package-type", "smartstring"]
