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ark-serialize

v0.5.0 Growing

A library for serializing types in the arkworks ecosystem

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.75
Cryptography #serialization#cryptography

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (3.4K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
53.3M
Dependents
3.4K
Releases
14
Size
15KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

5.3M downloads in the last 30 days (175.6K/day), up 28% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

3.4K crates depend on ark-serialize. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 5+ years old, ark-serialize hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 15KB, ark-serialize is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ark-ff, ark-ec, ark-poly, ark-bn254, ark-bls12-381. When high-quality crates choose ark-serialize, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 5/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 18/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
137K/day avg+69%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.2
54%
v0.3.0
29%
v0.5.0
16%
v0.4.1
1%
v0.4.0-alpha.7
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
6
direct dependencies
Dependents
3.4K
crates depend on ark-serialize

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