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smelling_salts

v0.12.1 Growing

Abstraction over OS APIs to handle asynchronous device waking

Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0 OR MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.66
API bindingsAsynchronousHardware supportOperating systemsRust patterns #io#futures#cross-platform#platform-agnostic#waker

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 3+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (8KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0 OR MIT)

Security

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Downloads
63.1K
Dependents
37
Releases
23
Size
8KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

532 downloads in the last 30 days, down 49% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 91 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 5+ years old, smelling_salts 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 7KB, smelling_salts is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include stick, wavy, cala, lookit, dimi. When high-quality crates choose smelling_salts, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 6/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
23/day avg-11%
02040608010012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.0
36%
v0.1.0
33%
v0.2.4
18%
v0.2.2
6%
v0.12.1
6%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

examples-platform-linux

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
37
crates depend on smelling_salts

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