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sp-api

v40.0.0 Stable

Substrate runtime api primitives

Apache-2.0 Edition 2021

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (40.x for 6+ years)
  • โœ“Massive adoption (5.0K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
3.1M
Dependents
5.0K
Releases
60
Size
34KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

189.0K downloads in the last 30 days (6.3K/day), up 89% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

5.0K crates depend on sp-api. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 658 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Stable for 6+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 6 years with 60 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Compact crate

At 33KB, sp-api is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include sc-executor, frame-support, polkadot-sdk, frame-benchmarking, sp-session. When high-quality crates choose sp-api, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 14/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
4K/day avg+180%
02K4K6K8K10K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v32.0.0
52%
v34.0.0
25%
v3.0.0
8%
v39.0.0
8%
v36.0.1
6%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*frame-metadatadisable-loggingno-metadata-docs

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
15
direct dependencies
Dependents
5.0K
crates depend on sp-api