winreg

9.5M downloads in the last 30 days (315.5K/day), up 33% from the previous period.

4.2K crates depend on winreg. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

winreg has only 1 owner despite 4.2K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.

Despite being 10+ years old, winreg hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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

Notable dependents include ureq, gix-path, embed-resource, portable-pty, hdf5-sys. When high-quality crates choose winreg, it's a strong quality signal.