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sdl3

v0.18.4 Growing

Bindings to SDL3, a cross-platform library to abstract the platform-specific details for building applications.

MIT Edition 2021
API bindingsGame enginesMultimediaRendering #audio#graphics#input#engine#cross-platform
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Quick Verdict

  • ✓Actively maintained (updated 11d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • ✓Trusted by 211 crates
  • ✓Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
137.6K
Dependents
211
Releases
88
Size
894KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

9.0K downloads in the last 30 days (302/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

211 crates depend on sdl3. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, sdl3 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include tetra, librsmsx, vga-emu, frug, d3d11. When high-quality crates choose sdl3, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 18/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
278/day avg+30%
01002003004002/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on sdl3

tetra
156.6K dl 53
librsmsx
39.6K dl 37
vga-emu
21.6K dl 48
frug
7.3K dl 37
d3d11
3.5K dl 40
rust_page_system
3.3K dl 46
fennel-engine
3.1K dl 45
imgui-sdl3
2.6K dl 48
super-yane
2.0K dl 39
easy-sdl3-text
1.8K dl 42

Version Adoption

v0.17.3
56%
v0.16.2
20%
v0.17.0
10%
v0.18.0
8%
v0.16.4
6%

Release Timeline

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README

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Maintainers

revmischa
Mischa Spiegelmock
3 crates
Dependencies
17
direct dependencies
Dependents
211
crates depend on sdl3

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