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sc-network

v0.57.0 Growing

Substrate network protocol

GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 Edition 2021

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 22d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.3K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (49 direct deps)

Security

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Downloads
1.3M
Dependents
1.3K
Releases
86
Size
281KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

142.9K downloads in the last 30 days, down 25% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Widely adopted

1.3K crates depend on sc-network. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 670 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, sc-network hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include polkadot-sdk, sc-chain-spec, sc-informant, sc-service, sc-cli. When high-quality crates choose sc-network, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 18/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 11/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
5K/day avg-11%
05K10K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.53.1
87%
v0.55.1
5%
v0.54.0
3%
v0.53.0
3%
v0.56.0
2%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
49
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.3K
crates depend on sc-network