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tree-sitter-c

v0.24.2 Growing

C grammar for tree-sitter

MIT Edition 2021
Parsing toolsText editors #parsing#c#incremental#tree-sitter

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 33d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (3.7K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (250KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
5.9M
Dependents
3.7K
Releases
21
Size
250KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

1.1M downloads in the last 30 days (35.3K/day), up 16% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

3.7K crates depend on tree-sitter-c. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 4+ years old, tree-sitter-c 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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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ast-grep-language, difftastic, langchain-rust, gitu, pmat. When high-quality crates choose tree-sitter-c, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 16/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
30K/day avg+48%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.23.4
56%
v0.24.1
38%
v0.24.2
3%
v0.21.4
2%
v0.23.2
1%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
3.7K
crates depend on tree-sitter-c

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