tera
v2.0.0 StableA template engine for Rust based on Jinja2/Django
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 17d ago)
- ✓Stable API (2.x for 10+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (11.7K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
1.9M downloads in the last 30 days (63.0K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
11.7K crates depend on tera — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
tera has only 1 owner despite 11.7K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 123 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
Notable dependents include fast_image_resize, woothee, liquid, grcov, rocket_contrib. When high-quality crates choose tera, it's a strong quality signal.
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