18-Ecosystem-and-Integration

📘 Chapter 18 — Ecosystem & Integrations

Ecosystem and Integration

ratcrate-core is the foundation for multiple future tools.

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1. Planned Tools

🟦 ratcrate-cli

A simple command-line browser for Ratatui crates.

🟥 ratcrate-tui

A terminal UI (written in Ratatui) for searching and exploring packages.

🟩 ratcrate-web

A frontend-only web interface (React/Svelte/Leptos/Vanilla JS) that loads
ratcrate.json directly and provides:

• fuzzy search
  
• filtering
  
• stats
  
• crate pages
  
• graphs

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2. Data Flow Diagram

flowchart LR
    A[ratcrate-core] --> B[ratcrate-cli]
    A --> C[ratcrate-tui]
    A --> D[ratcrate-web]

flowchart LR
    A[ratcrate-core] --> B[ratcrate-cli]
    A --> C[ratcrate-tui]
    A --> D[ratcrate-web]

3. Interoperability Contract

• ratcrate.json must remain machine-readable

• Consumers should handle:

  • new fields

  • optional fields

  • schema expansions

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4. Ideas for Integrations

• Integrate GitHub API (stars, forks, issues)

• Weekly diff report via GitHub Actions

• “Trending crates” widget for ratatui.dev

• Add badges (“Top Ratatui Crate”)

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Placeholder: ecosystem diagram