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utf8-width

v0.1.8 Growing

To determine the width of a UTF-8 character by providing its first byte.

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.56
EncodingNo standard library #utf-8#width#character#length

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 135 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (3KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
48.4M
Dependents
135
Releases
9
Size
3KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

4.6M downloads in the last 30 days (152.8K/day), up 29% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

135 crates depend on utf8-width. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 116 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 5+ years old, utf8-width hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 3KB, utf8-width is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include byte-unit, html-escape, vrl, boyer-moore-magiclen, str-utils. When high-quality crates choose utf8-width, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 11/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
119K/day avg+70%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.1.7
67%
v0.1.6
18%
v0.1.8
9%
v0.1.5
6%
v0.1.4
1%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
135
crates depend on utf8-width

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