v4l
v0.14.0 GrowingSafe video4linux (v4l) bindings
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 133 crates
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
480.0K downloads in the last 30 days (16.0K/day), up 4% from the previous period.
133 crates depend on v4l. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 5+ years old, v4l hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 41KB, v4l is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include nokhwa-bindings-linux, machine-info, kornia-io, termchat, qrcode_scanner. When high-quality crates choose v4l, it's a strong quality signal.
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default =["v4l2"]
