shaderc

137.9K downloads in the last 30 days (4.6K/day), up 224% from the previous period.

570 crates depend on shaderc. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

Despite being 9+ years old, shaderc hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

At 17KB, shaderc is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include vulkano-shaders, glsl, rendy-shader, inline-spirv, notan_macro. When high-quality crates choose shaderc, it's a strong quality signal.