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shared_child

v1.1.1 Growing

a library for using child processes from multiple threads

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.74
Operating systems #command#process#subprocess#child

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (1.x for 9+ years)
  • โœ“Trusted by 598 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (14KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
32.0M
Dependents
598
Releases
14
Size
14KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

2.7M downloads in the last 30 days (91.1K/day), up 26% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

598 crates depend on shared_child. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Stable for 9+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 9 years with 14 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Minimal dependencies

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

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Compact crate

At 14KB, shared_child is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include duct, tauri-plugin-shell, tauri-cli, proto_cli, common_uu. When high-quality crates choose shared_child, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 7/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 22/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 13/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
70K/day avg+87%
050K100K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v1.0.0
31%
v1.1.1
30%
v1.0.1
21%
v0.3.5
15%
v1.0.2
4%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["timeout"]

timeout*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
598
crates depend on shared_child

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