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win-sys

v0.3.1 Growing

Thin Rust wrapper around some Windows native apis

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2018
API bindingsOperating systems::Windows APIs #system#api#windows#native

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 4+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (3KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
2.6M
Dependents
22
Releases
4
Size
3KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

206.6K downloads in the last 30 days (6.9K/day), up 23% from the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

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

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 3KB, win-sys is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include shared_memory, shared_memory_extended, zenoh-shm. When high-quality crates choose win-sys, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 3/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

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
6K/day avg+42%
02K4K6K8K10K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.3.1
100%
v0.1.0
0%
v0.3.0
0%
v0.2.0
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
22
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