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windows-rs
Latest Version: 0.62.0windows-sys, a Rust crate for Windows APIs with over 714M total downloads, is auto-mapped to microsoft/windows-rs and recently saw 189M downloads.
Owner: microsoft
OSSauto-discoveredcratesrust
Stars
12.0k
GitHub star count
Last Release
N/A
0.62.0
Contributors
84
N/A
Health Score
N/A
N/A
Key Features
rust
windows
Tech Stack
Rust
auto-discovered
crates
rust
oswindows-apis
About
windows-sys, a Rust crate for Windows APIs with over 714M total downloads, is auto-mapped to microsoft/windows-rs and recently saw 189M downloads.
Release 0.62.0 details are unavailable; the crate remains a core component of Rust for Windows with high adoption based on crates.io metrics.
Analyst Note
windows-sys, a Rust crate for Windows APIs with over 714M total downloads, is auto-mapped to microsoft/windows-rs and recently saw 189M downloads.
Best For
- Technical stack evaluation for engineering teams
- Dependency governance and upgrade planning in production systems
- Track delivery cadence and release quality from microsoft
- rust
Not Ideal For
- Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption
Typical Use Cases
Technical stack evaluation for engineering teamsDependency governance and upgrade planning in production systemsTrack delivery cadence and release quality from microsoft
Decision Snapshot
- Product type: Open Source
- Primary language: Rust
- Pricing model: Free
- License: Apache-2.0
Data Basis
- Last Sync: Feb 22, 2026, 04:14 PM
- Metrics Updated: Feb 22, 2026, 04:14 PM
- Completeness: 91%
- Last Verified: Feb 22, 2026, 04:14 PM
Data Status
Stale
Last SyncFeb 22, 2026, 04:14 PM
Metrics UpdatedFeb 22, 2026, 04:14 PM
Completeness91%
Last VerifiedFeb 22, 2026, 04:14 PM
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong community adoption.
- Broad maintainer participation.
- Active maintenance cadence.
Cons
- -Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption
All Metrics
Adoption
4/4Stars12.0k
Forks600
Open Issues35
Contributors84
Health
0/4Health ScorePending
Trend ScorePending
Activity ScorePending
Reliability ScorePending
Core
2/5Latest Version0.62.0
Last ReleasePending
Last Commit2/20/2026
StatusPending
Activity LevelPending
Security
0/1Security ScorePending