semver
March 11, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
Semantic Versioning and Minimal Version Selection Library
Implementation
This library parses, validates and compares version numbers and version ranges, and resolves dependency graphs using Minimal Version Selection.
It uses the following formats:
- Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 - http://semver.org
- Semantic Versioning Range - https://github.com/isaacs/node-semver
- Minimal Version Selection - https://research.swtch.com/vgo-mvs
Usage
import semver;
import mvs;
auto version1 = SemVer("1.0.0");
assert(version1.isValid);
assert(version1.isStable);
auto version2 = SemVer("1.0.0-rc.1");
assert(version2.isValid);
assert(!version2.isStable);
auto version3 = SemVer("1.2.3-rc.42");
assert(version3.major == 1);
assert(version3.minor == 2);
assert(version3.patch == 3);
assert(SemVer("1.0.0") > SemVer("1.0.0+build.1"));
assert(SemVer("1.0.0").differAt(SemVer("1.0.0+build.1")) == VersionPart.BUILD);
auto versionRange = SemVerRange(">=1.0.0");
assert(versionRange.isValid);
assert(SemVer("1.0.1").satisfies(versionRange));
assert(SemVer("1.1.0").satisfies(versionRange));
auto semVers = [SemVer("1.1.0"), SemVer("1.0.0"), SemVer("0.8.0")];
assert(semVers.maxSatisfying(SemVerRange("<=1.0.0")) == SemVer("1.0.0"));
assert(semVers.maxSatisfying(SemVerRange(">=1.0")) == SemVer("1.1.0"));
assert(semVers.minSatisfying(SemVerRange(">=1.0")) == SemVer("1.0.0"));
assert(semVers.minSatisfying(SemVerRange("<=0.8.0")) == SemVer("0.8.0"));
semVers = [SemVer("1.0.0+build.3"), SemVer("1.0.0+build.1"), SemVer("1.1.0")];
assert(semVers.maxSatisfying(SemVerRange("<=1.0.0")) == SemVer("1.0.0+build.3"));
assert(semVers.maxSatisfying(SemVerRange(">=1.0")) == SemVer("1.1.0"));
auto roots = [
"A": SemVerRange(">=1.0.0"),
"C": SemVerRange(">=1.2.0"),
];
auto available = [
"A": [SemVer("1.0.0"), SemVer("1.1.0"), SemVer("2.0.0")],
"B": [SemVer("1.0.0"), SemVer("1.1.0"), SemVer("2.0.0")],
"C": [SemVer("1.0.0"), SemVer("1.2.0")],
];
auto dependencies = [
ModuleVersion("A", SemVer("1.0.0")): ["B": SemVerRange(">=1.0.0")],
ModuleVersion("A", SemVer("1.1.0")): ["B": SemVerRange(">=1.1.0")],
ModuleVersion("A", SemVer("2.0.0")): ["B": SemVerRange(">=2.0.0")],
ModuleVersion("B", SemVer("1.0.0")): ["C": SemVerRange(">=1.0.0")],
ModuleVersion("B", SemVer("1.1.0")): ["C": SemVerRange(">=1.2.0")],
ModuleVersion("B", SemVer("2.0.0")): ["C": SemVerRange(">=1.2.0")],
];
auto selected = minimalVersionSelection(roots, available, dependencies);
assert(selected["A"] == SemVer("1.0.0"));
assert(selected["B"] == SemVer("1.0.0"));
assert(selected["C"] == SemVer("1.2.0"));