rowan
v0.16.1 GrowingLibrary for generic lossless syntax trees
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 52d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (2.0K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (4 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
1.3M downloads in the last 30 days (44.1K/day), up 32% from the previous period.
2.0K crates depend on rowan. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 78 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 7+ years old, rowan hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 41KB, rowan is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include ra_ap_syntax, taplo, i-slint-compiler, lsp-async-stub, apollo-parser. When high-quality crates choose rowan, it's a strong quality signal.
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