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zvariant

v5.11.0 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 22d ago)
  • โœ“Stable API (5.x for 6+ years)
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.2K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
53.7M
Dependents
1.2K
Releases
66
Size
94KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

4.8M downloads in the last 30 days (160.9K/day), up 17% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.2K 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 1.2K 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 66 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 19/25

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
152K/day avg-4%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v5.7.0
26%
v5.8.0
24%
v5.10.0
24%
v5.9.2
16%
v5.6.0
12%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
19
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.2K
crates depend on zvariant

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