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r-description

v0.3.7 Growing

Parsing and editor for R DESCRIPTION files

Apache-2.0 Edition 2021
Parser implementations #lossless#edit#r#rfc822#r-description

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
60.9K
Dependents
54
Releases
14
Size
25KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

1.5K downloads in the last 30 days (49/day), up 10% from the previous period.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 69 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 1+ years old, r-description hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 25KB, r-description is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 13/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
46/day avg+6%
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Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on r-description

Version Adoption

v0.3.1
60%
v0.3.3
19%
v0.3.7
8%
v0.3.4
8%
v0.1.0
5%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
7
direct dependencies
Dependents
54
crates depend on r-description

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