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v0.1.3 Growingcopy-on-write mechanism on supported file systems
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 6+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 208 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (6KB, 2 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
14.6K downloads in the last 30 days (486/day), up 40% from the previous period.
208 crates depend on reflink. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 7+ years old, reflink hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 6KB, reflink is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include cargo-mutants, fclones, pacman-repo-builder, xvc-file, ghee. When high-quality crates choose reflink, it's a strong quality signal.
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