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vt100

v0.16.2 Growing

Library for parsing terminal data

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.70

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.2K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
5.0M
Dependents
1.2K
Releases
32
Size
32KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

760.5K downloads in the last 30 days, down 34% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Widely adopted

1.2K crates depend on vt100. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

vt100 has only 1 owner despite 1.2K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 9+ years old, vt100 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 32KB, vt100 is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include indicatif, tui-term, completest-pty, television, vtcode-core. When high-quality crates choose vt100, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 9/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 13/20

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
30K/day avg-18%
020K40K60K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.15.2
74%
v0.16.2
25%
v0.16.1
1%
v0.15.1
0%
v0.8.0
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
9
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.2K
crates depend on vt100

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