winit
v0.30.13 GrowingCross-platform window creation library.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 25d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (10.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (5 owners)
- !Heavy dependency tree (54 direct deps)
Security
Deep Insights
2.4M downloads in the last 30 days (79.4K/day), up 7% from the previous period.
10.5K crates depend on winit — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 81 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 10+ years old, winit hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
54 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include wgpu-hal, wry, metal, muda, egui-winit. When high-quality crates choose winit, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
Docs, repo, license, metadata
Download Trend
Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on winit
Version Adoption
Release Timeline
Feature Flags
default =["rwh_06", "x11", "wayland", "wayland-dlopen", "wayland-csd-adwaita"]
