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redox_syscall

v0.7.3 Growing

A Rust library to access raw Redox system calls

MIT Edition 2021

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 28d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 683 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (28KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
438.9M
Dependents
683
Releases
106
Size
28KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

36.1M downloads in the last 30 days (1.2M/day), up 18% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

683 crates depend on redox_syscall. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 111 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 9+ years old, redox_syscall hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 28KB, redox_syscall is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include parking_lot_core, libredox, winit, tokio-tar, softbuffer. When high-quality crates choose redox_syscall, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 17/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
990K/day avg+57%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.16
33%
v0.3.5
21%
v0.4.1
19%
v0.5.18
17%
v0.5.17
10%

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Feature Flags

default =["userspace"]

stduserspace*rustc-dep-of-std

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
683
crates depend on redox_syscall