shaderc

170.6K downloads in the last 30 days (5.7K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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