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rfd

v0.17.2 Growing

Rusty File Dialog

MIT Edition 2021
#file#ui#dialog

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • Massive adoption (5.4K crates depend on it)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (23 direct deps)
  • Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
21.6M
Dependents
5.4K
Releases
51
Size
57KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

2.7M downloads in the last 30 days (90.1K/day), up 9% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

5.4K 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 5.4K 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 12/25

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
72K/day avg-26%
020K40K60K80K100K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.16.0
40%
v0.15.4
29%
v0.17.2
13%
v0.15.3
10%
v0.14.1
9%

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
5.4K
crates depend on rfd

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