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random_color

v1.1.0 Growing

Rust crate for generating random attractive colors

MIT Edition 2021
#random#color#rgb#rgba#hsl

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • โœ“Stable API (1.x for 8+ years)
  • โœ“Trusted by 265 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
791.7K
Dependents
265
Releases
12
Size
10KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

81.1K downloads in the last 30 days (2.7K/day), up 17% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

265 crates depend on random_color. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Stable for 8+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 12 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Compact crate

At 10KB, random_color is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include fake, hi-doc, light_phylogeny, hyprswitch, planus-codegen. When high-quality crates choose random_color, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 6/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
2K/day avg+54%
02K4K6K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.8.0
38%
v1.1.0
25%
v0.5.1
17%
v0.6.1
15%
v1.0.0
4%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

rgb_supportecolor_supportpalette_support

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
4
direct dependencies
Dependents
265
crates depend on random_color

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