serial_test
v3.5.0 StableAllows for the creation of serialised Rust tests
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 44d ago)
- ✓Stable API (3.x for 7+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (41.1K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
8.1M downloads in the last 30 days (269.5K/day), up 3% from the previous period.
41.1K crates depend on serial_test — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
serial_test has only 1 owner despite 41.1K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 7 years with 23 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 13KB, serial_test is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include rustix, rustls-native-certs, crossterm, cbindgen, aws-smithy-http-client. When high-quality crates choose serial_test, it's a strong quality signal.
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default =["logging", "async"]