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wit-bindgen-c

v0.59.0 Growing

C bindings generator for WIT and the component model, typically used through the `wit-bindgen-cli` crate.

Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT Edition 2024 MSRV 1.88.0

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 6d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 128 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT)

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Downloads
609.9K
Dependents
128
Releases
66
Size
47KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

168.3K downloads in the last 30 days (5.6K/day), up 2% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

128 crates depend on wit-bindgen-c. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 151 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, wit-bindgen-c hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 46KB, wit-bindgen-c is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 20/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 7/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
5K/day avg-41%
02K4K6K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on wit-bindgen-c

Version Adoption

v0.53.1
28%
v0.55.0
27%
v0.56.0
27%
v0.58.0
13%
v0.57.1
5%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
8
direct dependencies
Dependents
128
crates depend on wit-bindgen-c