libc
Latest Version: 0.2.182libc is a foundational Rust crate providing raw FFI bindings to platform libc and OS interfaces, with over 942 million total downloads.
Owner: rust-lang
Stars
2.5k
GitHub star count
Last Release
2 months ago
0.2.182
Contributors
100
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Health Score
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Key Features
Primary stack
Rust (Apache-2.0)
Community adoption
2.5K stars
Tech Stack
About
libc is a foundational Rust crate providing raw FFI bindings to platform libc and OS interfaces, with over 942 million total downloads.
libc is auto-discovered from crates.io download signals and mapped to rust-lang/libc. Recent downloads: 140994757. Total downloads: 942060603. Latest crates.io update observed at 2026-02-13T08:45:58.716Z. Keywords: bindings, ffi, libc, operating, system. Categories: external-ffi-bindings, os, no-std. Discovered at 2026-02-23T01:41:58.089Z. Metadata is enriched asynchronously by the refresh pipeline.
Analyst Note
libc is a foundational Rust crate providing raw FFI bindings to platform libc and OS interfaces, with over 942 million total downloads.
Best For
- Technical stack evaluation for engineering teams
- Dependency governance and upgrade planning in production systems
- Track delivery cadence and release quality from rust-lang
- Primary stack
Not Ideal For
- Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption
Typical Use Cases
Decision Snapshot
- Product type: Open Source
- Primary language: Rust
- Pricing model: Free
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last Release: 2/13/2026
Data Basis
- Last Sync: Feb 23, 2026, 01:44 AM
- Metrics Updated: Feb 23, 2026, 01:44 AM
- Completeness: 100%
- Last Verified: Feb 23, 2026, 01:44 AM
Data Status
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