tower
v0.5.3 GrowingTower is a library of modular and reusable components for building robust clients and servers.
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (64.9K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- !Heavy dependency tree (24 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
48.3M downloads in the last 30 days (1.6M/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
64.9K crates depend on tower — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 195 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 9+ years old, tower hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
24 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include reqwest, axum, matchit, tower-http, tonic. When high-quality crates choose tower, it's a strong quality signal.
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Most downloaded crates that depend on tower
