vcell
v0.1.3 Growing`Cell` with volatile read / write operations
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 5+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (3.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Tiny footprint (6KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
459.6K downloads in the last 30 days (15.3K/day), up 3% from the previous period.
3.5K crates depend on vcell. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 92 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 9+ years old, vcell hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
vcell has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 6KB, vcell is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
25% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include volatile-register, stm32h7, rp235x-pac, rp235x-hal, esp32s3. When high-quality crates choose vcell, it's a strong quality signal.
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