slab
v0.4.12 GrowingPre-allocated storage for a uniform data type
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (8.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (19KB, 3 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
60.6M downloads in the last 30 days (2.0M/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
8.5K crates depend on slab. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 195 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 11+ years old, slab 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 19KB, slab is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include tokio, futures-util, h2, tokio-util, tower. When high-quality crates choose slab, it's a strong quality signal.
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