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tikv-jemallocator

v0.7.0 Growing

A Rust allocator backed by jemalloc

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2018
API bindingsMemory management #allocator#jemalloc

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 49d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (9.5K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (14KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
80.3M
Dependents
9.5K
Releases
8
Size
14KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

5.4M downloads in the last 30 days (180.5K/day), up 1% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

9.5K crates depend on tikv-jemallocator. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

tikv-jemallocator has only 1 owner despite 9.5K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 5+ years old, tikv-jemallocator hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 14KB, tikv-jemallocator is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include tikv-jemalloc-ctl, jemalloc_pprof, pyroscope, solana-perf, parity-util-mem. When high-quality crates choose tikv-jemallocator, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 16/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 19/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
153K/day avg-38%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.5.4
39%
v0.6.0
33%
v0.6.1
22%
v0.5.0
3%
v0.4.3
3%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["background_threads_runtime_support"]

debugstatsprofilingalloc_traitbackground_threadsprofiling_libunwinddisable_cache_obliviousdisable_initial_exec_tlsbackground_threads_runtime_support*unprefixed_malloc_on_supported_platformsoverride_allocator_on_supported_platforms

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
9.5K
crates depend on tikv-jemallocator

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