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tokio-core

v0.1.18 Growing

Core I/O and event loop primitives for asynchronous I/O in Rust. Foundation for the rest of the tokio crates.

MIT/Apache-2.0

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 5+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (3.8K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (22 direct deps)

Security

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Downloads
5.2M
Dependents
3.8K
Releases
19
Size
79KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

76.2K downloads in the last 30 days (2.5K/day), up 85% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

3.8K crates depend on tokio-core. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 186 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 9+ years old, tokio-core hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include xz2, tokio-proto, tk-listen, tun-tap, tokio-stdin-stdout. When high-quality crates choose tokio-core, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 12/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
2K/day avg+102%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.1.17
54%
v0.1.18
32%
v0.1.10
6%
v0.1.12
5%
v0.1.9
3%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
22
direct dependencies
Dependents
3.8K
crates depend on tokio-core