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reedline

v0.48.0 Growing

A readline-like crate for CLI text input

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.63.0

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 2d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.4K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (3 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (22 direct deps)

Security

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Downloads
2.4M
Dependents
1.4K
Releases
50
Size
194KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

156.0K downloads in the last 30 days (5.2K/day), up 9% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.4K crates depend on reedline. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 86 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 5+ years old, reedline hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

22 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include nu-cli, nu-command, nu, r3bl_tuify, reedline-repl-rs. When high-quality crates choose reedline, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 20/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
5K/day avg+13%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.40.0
46%
v0.39.0
26%
v0.47.0
10%
v0.46.0
9%
v0.44.0
8%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
22
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.4K
crates depend on reedline