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servo/rust-smallvec

"Small vector" optimization for Rust: store up to a small number of items on the stack observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/servo/rust-smallvec · Rust · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

91/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 76
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 62
  • age_days: 4168
  • days_rel: 83
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 4

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1695 stars · 191 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Rust library providing SmallVec, a vector-like collection that stores a small number of items inline on the stack and spills to the heap only when it exceeds capacity. It is a drop-in performance optimization for reducing heap allocations in hot code paths.

Use cases

  • avoid heap allocations for small collections in rust
  • store a few items on the stack instead of a vec
  • optimize hot loops that allocate small vectors
  • reduce allocator pressure in performance-critical rust code
  • drop-in replacement for Vec with inline storage

When to choose

  • you frequently create small vectors whose length is usually below a known bound
  • allocation overhead shows up in profiling
  • you want Vec-like API with stack storage

When to avoid

  • collections are usually large or unbounded
  • you need the exact size of Vec or rely on pointer identity
  • you are not writing Rust

Facets

library · maturity active

concurrency developer-tools developer-tools performance rust cross-platform smallvec stack-allocation data-structures no-std

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Member repositories

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servo/rust-smallvecmain91

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