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smart-default

v0.7.1 Growing

Rust custom-derive macro for Default with more control on the fields

MIT Edition 2021
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Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 2+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (2.0K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (8KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
35.1M
Dependents
2.0K
Releases
10
Size
8KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

2.2M downloads in the last 30 days (74.1K/day), up 2% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

2.0K crates depend on smart-default. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

smart-default has only 1 owner despite 2.0K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 8+ years old, smart-default hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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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 8KB, smart-default is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include cucumber, minidump-common, sys-mount, async-stripe, rs-consul. When high-quality crates choose smart-default, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
67K/day avg+15%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.7.1
68%
v0.6.0
30%
v0.5.2
1%
v0.3.0
0%
v0.2.0
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
2.0K
crates depend on smart-default

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