rand_pcg
v0.10.2 GrowingSelected PCG random number generators
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (3.8K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (15KB, 3 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
7.4M downloads in the last 30 days (246.0K/day), up 36% from the previous period.
3.8K crates depend on rand_pcg. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 7+ years old, rand_pcg hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 15KB, rand_pcg is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include rand, zerovec, zerotrie, quinn-proto, oorandom. When high-quality crates choose rand_pcg, it's a strong quality signal.
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