spinners
v4.2.0 Growing🛎 60+ Elegant terminal spinners for Rust
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 82d ago)
- ✓Stable API (4.x for 8+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (1.2K crates depend on it)
- ✓Tiny footprint (10KB, 3 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
236.6K downloads in the last 30 days (7.9K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
1.2K crates depend on spinners. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
spinners has only 1 owner despite 1.2K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 13 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 10KB, spinners is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include wallust, frame-remote-externalities, tod, tuono, cargo-list. When high-quality crates choose spinners, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
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Most downloaded crates that depend on spinners
