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rfd

v0.17.2 Growing

Rusty File Dialog

MIT Edition 2021
#file#ui#dialog

Quick Verdict

  • Actively maintained (updated 74d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • Massive adoption (3.7K crates depend on it)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (23 direct deps)
  • Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
13.3M
Dependents
3.7K
Releases
51
Size
57KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

1.7M downloads in the last 30 days (57.6K/day), up 39% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

3.7K crates depend on rfd. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

rfd has only 1 owner despite 3.7K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 5+ years old, rfd hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include tauri-plugin-dialog, bevy_egui, re_tracing, re_viewer_context, re_viewer. When high-quality crates choose rfd, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 16/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
41K/day avg+108%
020K40K60K80K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.15.4
31%
v0.10.0
21%
v0.16.0
19%
v0.15.3
15%
v0.15.2
14%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["xdg-portal", "wayland"]

gtk3wayland*xdg-portal*file-handle-innercommon-controls-v6

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
23
direct dependencies
Dependents
3.7K
crates depend on rfd

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