substring

655.9K downloads in the last 30 days (21.9K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

3.0K crates depend on substring. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

substring has only 1 owner despite 3.0K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 5 years with 17 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

At 7KB, substring is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include sdp, sark0y_tam_rst, charts-rs, tpnote-lib, rusty-tesseract. When high-quality crates choose substring, it's a strong quality signal.