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once_cell

Latest Version: v1.21.3

once_cell is a widely adopted Rust crate for thread-safe, single-assignment cells and lazy static initialization (107M recent downloads).

Owner: matklad

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Stars

2.1k

GitHub star count

Last Release

N/A

v1.21.3

Contributors

55

N/A

Health Score

N/A

N/A

Key Features

  • lazy evaluation

  • rust

Tech Stack

Rust
auto-discovered
crates
rust
lazy
static
memory-management
rust-patterns

About

once_cell is a widely adopted Rust crate for thread-safe, single-assignment cells and lazy static initialization (107M recent downloads).

v1.21.3 is a maintenance release with no publicly documented changes; the crate remains a foundational tool for lazy evaluation and static initialization in Rust.

Analyst Note

once_cell is a widely adopted Rust crate for thread-safe, single-assignment cells and lazy static initialization (107M recent downloads).

Best For

  • Technical stack evaluation for engineering teams
  • Dependency governance and upgrade planning in production systems
  • Track delivery cadence and release quality from matklad
  • lazy evaluation

Not Ideal For

  • Maintenance activity appears slow.

Typical Use Cases

Technical stack evaluation for engineering teamsDependency governance and upgrade planning in production systemsTrack delivery cadence and release quality from matklad

Decision Snapshot

  • Product type: Open Source
  • Primary language: Rust
  • Pricing model: Free
  • License: Apache-2.0
Data Basis
  • Last Sync: Mar 1, 2026, 03:06 PM
  • Metrics Updated: Mar 1, 2026, 03:06 PM
  • Completeness: 91%
  • Last Verified: Mar 1, 2026, 03:06 PM

Data Status

Stale
Last SyncMar 1, 2026, 03:06 PM
Metrics UpdatedMar 1, 2026, 03:06 PM
Completeness91%
Last VerifiedMar 1, 2026, 03:06 PM

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong community adoption.
  • Broad maintainer participation.

Cons

  • -Maintenance activity appears slow.

All Metrics

Adoption

4/4
Stars2.1k
Forks122
Open Issues7
Contributors55

Health

0/4
Health ScorePending
Trend ScorePending
Activity ScorePending
Reliability ScorePending

Core

2/5
Latest Versionv1.21.3
Last ReleasePending
Last Commit5/24/2025
StatusPending
Activity LevelPending

Security

0/1
Security ScorePending