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rand_distr

v0.6.0 Growing

Sampling from random number distributions

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2024 MSRV 1.85
AlgorithmsNo standard library #random#probability#distribution#rng

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (13.0K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
131.7M
Dependents
13.0K
Releases
20
Size
80KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

8.8M downloads in the last 30 days (293.1K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Foundational crate

13.0K crates depend on rand_distr โ€” it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include zerovec, half, plotters, nalgebra, sketches-ddsketch. When high-quality crates choose rand_distr, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 9/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 20/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
257K/day avg-41%
0100K200K300K400K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.5.1
92%
v0.6.0
8%
v0.5.0
1%
v0.5.0-beta.2
0%
v0.5.0-beta.3
0%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*allocserdestd_math

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Maintainers

Dependencies
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direct dependencies
Dependents
13.0K
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