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smol_str

v0.3.6 Growing

small-string optimized string type with O(1) clone

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2024 MSRV 1.89

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 23d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (7.5K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (3 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
64.0M
Dependents
7.5K
Releases
36
Size
26KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

6.5M downloads in the last 30 days (217.8K/day), up 32% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

7.5K crates depend on smol_str. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 78 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 7+ years old, smol_str hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 26KB, smol_str is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Notable yanked versions

14% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include schemars, rkyv, postgres-types, tokio-postgres, winit. When high-quality crates choose smol_str, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 17/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 11/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
164K/day avg+86%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.2
41%
v0.3.2
27%
v0.2.0
15%
v0.1.24
10%
v0.2.1
7%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*serde

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
8
direct dependencies
Dependents
7.5K
crates depend on smol_str