rustube
v0.6.0 GrowingA YouTube video downloader, originally inspired by pytube, written in Rust.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 3+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 106 crates
- !Heavy dependency tree (26 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
1.1K downloads in the last 30 days (37/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
106 crates depend on rustube. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 5+ years old, rustube hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
26 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
At 37KB, rustube is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include zero4rs, rustube-cli, youtube_downloader_cli, cli-yt-downloader, yayi. When high-quality crates choose rustube, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
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Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on rustube
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Release Timeline
Feature Flags
default =["download", "std", "default-tls"]
