quick-error
v2.0.1 GrowingA macro which makes error types pleasant to write.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 4+ years
- ✓Stable API (2.x for 10+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (3.8K crates depend on it)
- ✓Tiny footprint (14KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
16.0M downloads in the last 30 days (534.2K/day), up 27% from the previous period.
3.8K crates depend on quick-error. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 79 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 16 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
quick-error has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 14KB, quick-error is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include combine, rusty-fork, tiff, image-webp, multipart. When high-quality crates choose quick-error, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
Docs, repo, license, metadata
Download Trend
Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on quick-error
