shadow-rs
v1.7.1 StableA build-time information stored in your rust project
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 18d ago)
- ✓Stable API (1.x for 5+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (2.4K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT AND Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
464.0K downloads in the last 30 days (15.5K/day), up 29% from the previous period.
2.4K crates depend on shadow-rs. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
shadow-rs has only 1 owner despite 2.4K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 5 years with 129 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 36KB, shadow-rs is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include starship, nu-cmd-lang, golem-cli, golem-common, s3sync. When high-quality crates choose shadow-rs, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
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Downloads, momentum, growth trend
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Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on shadow-rs
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Feature Flags
default =["git2", "tzdb", "build"]
