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rlimit

v0.11.0 Growing

Resource limits

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.65.0
Operating systems::Unix APIs #unix#syscall#rlimit

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 54d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.6K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (23KB, 2 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
14.4M
Dependents
1.6K
Releases
24
Size
23KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

1.3M downloads in the last 30 days (44.5K/day), up 24% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.6K crates depend on rlimit. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 51 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 6+ years old, rlimit hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 23KB, rlimit is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Notable yanked versions

38% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include metrics-process, stratum-server, crypto-cli-tools, geph4-client, trillium-server-common. When high-quality crates choose rlimit, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 9/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
37K/day avg+38%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.10.2
38%
v0.9.1
24%
v0.10.1
21%
v0.8.3
9%
v0.5.4
8%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.6K
crates depend on rlimit

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