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zvariant

v5.10.0 Stable

D-Bus & GVariant encoding & decoding

MIT Edition 2024 MSRV 1.87
Data structuresEncodingParsing tools #d-bus#dbus#ipc#gvariant

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 33d ago)
  • โœ“Stable API (5.x for 6+ years)
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.1K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
45.0M
Dependents
1.1K
Releases
64
Size
93KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

4.9M downloads in the last 30 days (162.7K/day), up 26% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.1K crates depend on zvariant. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

zvariant has only 1 owner despite 1.1K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Stable for 6+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 6 years with 64 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include zbus_macros, zbus, zbus_names, atspi-common, accesskit_atspi_common. When high-quality crates choose zvariant, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 18/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 19/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
124K/day avg+88%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v4.2.0
31%
v3.15.2
24%
v3.15.0
18%
v3.11.0
14%
v5.4.0
12%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
19
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.1K
crates depend on zvariant

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