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serial-core

v0.4.0 Growing

Rust abstractions for serial ports.

MIT
Hardware support #hardware#system#serial#rs232

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 8+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (8KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
5.9M
Dependents
51
Releases
1
Size
8KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

475.0K downloads in the last 30 days, down 48% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 8+ years old, serial-core hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 8KB, serial-core is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include serial-unix, serial, serial-windows, flipdot-serial, flipdot-testing. When high-quality crates choose serial-core, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 1/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
23K/day avg-48%
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Version Adoption

v0.4.0
100%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
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direct dependencies
Dependents
51
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