[kibwen]

Like every package repository (or human endeavor in general) it follows Sturgeon's Law: 80% of everything is crap. That said, there's 100k crates on crates.io, and many of them are fantastic (well-supported, actively developed, documented, etc.). For a new user, understanding which are high-quality is a daunting task, and is expedited by just asking an experienced person for specific recommendations.

[satvikpendem]

Honestly if you're writing Rust, just stick with the top 100 downloaded packages, and you'll be fine. That's basically what I do, unless the tasks requires quite specialized work.

[civopsec]

Didn’t expect to see such harsh criticism of the Rust ecosystem by this user.

[steveklabnik]

Contrary to the memes, a lot of long running Rust users are happy to tell you about where Rust is deficient.

[civopsec]

Not what I meant.

[cstrahan]

What did you mean?

[civopsec]

Fine. I imagine someone posting that they just published their first ever crate. Maybe it’s the first and only Rust binding to some useful library. But cool your horses, this poster says (by implication), because 80% of everything is crap. Of course no one says that out loud. But that is the inevitable conclusion.

Maybe the main point of four average Rust users publishing a crate each is so that burntsushi can publish one great one.

[steveklabnik]

(for whatever it's worth, im not sure why you are downvoted in reply to me; I had upvoted you.)