# Large vs Small Packages

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/large-vs-small-packages/9447>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [March 2, 2018, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/large-vs-small-packages/9447 "2018-03-02T09:47:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/large-vs-small-packages/9447/17 "2018-03-02T22:02:29Z")

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This topic has been discussed in detail already multiple times before

> [@Package size and scope?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-size-and-scope/7309):
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> Hi All – Recently started developing packages. Was wondering how everyone feels about package size and scope. Do you feel like there is a minimum or maximum size/scope a package should be? As a Developer: Do you include just a few things in a package (and do them well)? Or do you put in everything but the kitchen sink? As a User: Do you include a package with 10 functions to just use 1 of them? Or do you not want to be bothered with a la carte packages? For context, (and a tad less b…

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