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which

v8.0.2 Stable

A Rust equivalent of Unix command "which". Locate installed executable in cross platforms.

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.70
FilesystemOperating systems #command#unix#which#which-rs

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 78d ago)
  • โœ“Stable API (8.x for 10+ years)
  • โœ“Massive adoption (25.5K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
340.2M
Dependents
25.5K
Releases
40
Size
27KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

25.2M downloads in the last 30 days (839.4K/day), up 27% from the previous period.

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Foundational crate

25.5K crates depend on which โ€” it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.

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Stable for 10+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 40 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Compact crate

At 27KB, which is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include protobuf-parse, runas, v8, rmcp, wasmer-compiler. When high-quality crates choose which, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
727K/day avg+22%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v6.0.3
47%
v8.0.0
26%
v7.0.3
14%
v8.0.2
9%
v7.0.1
5%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["real-sys"]

regextracingreal-sys*

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Maintainers

Dependencies
4
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Dependents
25.5K
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