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smithay

v0.7.0 Growing

Smithay is a library for writing wayland compositors.

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.80.1
GUI #graphics#server#wayland#compositor

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (51 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
51.9K
Dependents
5
Releases
13
Size
709KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

6.3K downloads in the last 30 days (209/day), up 32% from the previous period.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

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

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Heavy dependency tree

51 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 6/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
159/day avg+79%
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Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on smithay

Version Adoption

v0.7.0
46%
v0.3.0
30%
v0.5.1
15%
v0.4.4
4%
v0.6.0
4%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["backend_drm", "backend_gbm", "backend_libinput", "backend_udev", "backend_session_libseat", "backend_x11", "backend_winit", "desktop", "renderer_gl", "renderer_pixman", "renderer_multi", "xwayland", "wayland_frontend", "backend_vulkan"]

desktop*xwayland*backend_drm*backend_eglbackend_gbm*backend_x11*renderer_gl*use_bindgenbackend_udev*backend_winit*renderer_glowrenderer_testbackend_vulkan*renderer_multi*use_system_libbackend_sessionrenderer_pixman*backend_libinput*wayland_frontend*test_all_featuresx11rb_event_sourcebackend_session_libseat*backend_gbm_has_fd_for_planebackend_gbm_has_create_with_modifiers2

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Maintainers

Dependencies
51
direct dependencies
Dependents
5
crates depend on smithay

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