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xcap

v0.9.6 Growing

XCap is a cross-platform screen capture library written in Rust. It supports Linux (X11, Wayland), MacOS, Windows, and HarmonyOS (OpenHarmony/OHOS). XCap supports screenshot and video recording (WIP).

Apache-2.0 Edition 2024
#image#window#capture#screen#monitor

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 51d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 589 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (25 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
1.1M
Dependents
589
Releases
45
Size
83KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

273.6K downloads in the last 30 days (9.1K/day), up 67% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

589 crates depend on xcap. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 2+ years old, xcap hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

25 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include terminator-rs, xdialog, tauri-plugin-screenshots, uni-ocr, lwleen. When high-quality crates choose xcap, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 17/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
6K/day avg+29%
05K10K15K20K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.9.3
35%
v0.9.4
30%
v0.8.3
14%
v0.9.6
13%
v0.8.2
9%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
25
direct dependencies
Dependents
589
crates depend on xcap

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