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vhost

v0.16.0 Growing

a pure rust library for vdpa, vhost and vhost-user

Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause Edition 2021
#vhost#virtio#vhost-user#vdpa

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 2d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 136 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (8 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause)

Security

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Downloads
2.5M
Dependents
136
Releases
19
Size
219KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

213.9K downloads in the last 30 days, down 40% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Moderate adoption

136 crates depend on vhost. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (8 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 4+ years old, vhost hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include vhost-user-backend, fuse-backend-rs, virtiofsd, nydus-service, vhost-device-vsock. When high-quality crates choose vhost, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 21/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
8K/day avg+69%
05K10K15K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.14.0
25%
v0.11.0
23%
v0.15.0
19%
v0.13.0
18%
v0.10.0
14%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

xenpostcopyvhost-nettest-utilsvhost-kernvhost-uservhost-vdpavhost-vsockvhost-user-backendvhost-user-frontend

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
7
direct dependencies
Dependents
136
crates depend on vhost

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