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macOS APIs crates by real downloads
crates.io describes this category as: “Bindings to macOS-specific APIs.” Below are the 10 crates in it among the 1000 most-downloaded crates, ranked by real downloads (quiet-day baseline) instead of raw count.
Short answerBy steady daily use, core-foundation leads macOS APIs with 1,508,076 real downloads a day (established and steady). 2 of the 10 have 1,000+ dependents; 1 have shipped nothing in 2+ years. Release spikes barely matter here: the median crate got 0.0% of its downloads within 2 days of a release.
10 crates
| Compare | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| core-foundationEstablished | 1,508,076 | 523 | 17mo | -2% | 510M | |
| security-frameworkEstablished | 1,156,937 | 179 | 8mo | -2% | 417M | |
| security-framework-sysPulled in | 934,775 | 50 | 8mo | -1% | 346M | |
| objc2Widely used | 607,001 | 1,193 | 19d | +10% | 142M | |
| objc2-core-foundationEstablished | 539,144 | 422 | 13mo | +11% | 107M | |
| system-configurationPulled in | 538,935 | 45 | 2mo | -1% | 208M | |
| block2Established | 538,869 | 530 | 13mo | +6% | 125M | |
| system-configuration-sysPulled in | 525,102 | 8 | 2.7y | -2% | 205M | |
| objc2-foundationWidely used | 520,494 | 1,007 | 13mo | +14% | 109M | |
| objc2-encodePulled in | 486,010 | 1 | 21mo | +7% | 119M |
Click a column to sort; press + to add a crate to a comparison. Real / day = median downloads on days with no release that day or the day before. Each crate's page shows its verdict and the 4 rules behind it. Why this method · this category on crates.io
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