shell-words

8.1M downloads in the last 30 days (269.8K/day), up 26% from the previous period.

9.5K crates depend on shell-words. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

shell-words has only 1 owner despite 9.5K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 4 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

shell-words has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

At 10KB, shell-words is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include dialoguer, glib-sys, gobject-sys, gix-command, gio-sys. When high-quality crates choose shell-words, it's a strong quality signal.