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tao

v0.35.0 Growing

Cross-platform window manager library.

Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.74
GUI #windowing

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 4d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 621 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (40 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
13.7M
Dependents
621
Releases
120
Size
308KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

1.9M downloads in the last 30 days (63.1K/day), up 49% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

621 crates depend on tao. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 90 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 4+ years old, tao hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include wry, muda, tauri-runtime-wry, tray-icon, window-vibrancy. When high-quality crates choose tao, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 19/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
44K/day avg+119%
020K40K60K80K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.34.5
51%
v0.30.8
18%
v0.34.0
11%
v0.16.10
11%
v0.33.0
10%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["rwh_06", "x11", "dbus"]

x11*dbus*serderwh_04rwh_05rwh_06*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
40
direct dependencies
Dependents
621
crates depend on tao

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