slow_primes
v0.1.14 GrowingDeprecated in favour of `primal`. A library to generate, identify and handle prime numbers and related properties. This library includes slow enumeration of primes up to a bound, slow factorisation of arbitrary numbers, fast primality tests and state-of-the-art estimation of upper and lower bounds for π(n) (the number of primes below n) and p_k (the k-th prime).
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 10+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Tiny footprint (32KB, 1 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
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24.9K downloads in the last 30 days (830/day), up 3% from the previous period.
The primary maintainer publishes 59 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 11+ years old, slow_primes hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 31KB, slow_primes is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include pythnet-sdk, fractran_macros, gpwgpu_core, pythnet-sdk-legacy, gpwgpu. When high-quality crates choose slow_primes, it's a strong quality signal.
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