utf8-chars
v3.0.7 StableChar-by-char iterator and `read_char` method for `BufRead`.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 63d ago)
- ✓Stable API (3.x for 6+ years)
- ✓Trusted by 195 crates
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
96.3K downloads in the last 30 days (3.2K/day), up 18% from the previous period.
195 crates depend on utf8-chars. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 53 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 6 years with 39 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 9KB, utf8-chars is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include brush-parser, esl, tsalign, pliron, lolcat. When high-quality crates choose utf8-chars, it's a strong quality signal.
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