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windows-service

v0.8.1 Growing

A crate that provides facilities for management and implementation of windows services

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.71.0

Quick Verdict

  • βœ“Actively maintained (updated 17d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • βœ“Trusted by 633 crates
  • βœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • βœ“Tiny footprint (38KB, 3 deps)

Security

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Downloads
4.7M
Dependents
633
Releases
10
Size
38KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

386.1K downloads in the last 30 days (12.9K/day), up 16% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

633 crates depend on windows-service. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 7+ years old, windows-service hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 37KB, windows-service is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include shadowsocks-rust, pueue, bestool, distant, tun2proxy. When high-quality crates choose windows-service, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 19/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 19/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads Β· last 90 days
11K/day avg+26%
05K10K15K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.6.0
46%
v0.8.0
24%
v0.7.0
16%
v0.4.0
9%
v0.5.0
5%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
633
crates depend on windows-service

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