update-informer
v1.3.0 GrowingEasily implement update checks for your application
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- ✓Stable API (1.x for 4+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (1.1K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
92.2K downloads in the last 30 days (3.1K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
1.1K crates depend on update-informer. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
update-informer has only 1 owner despite 1.1K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 4 years with 10 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 28KB, update-informer is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include espflash, nu-command, git-cliff, espup, dotenv-linter. When high-quality crates choose update-informer, it's a strong quality signal.
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Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on update-informer
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Feature Flags
default =["crates", "ureq", "rustls-tls"]