backhand
v0.25.1 GrowingLibrary for the reading, creating, and modification of SquashFS file systems
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 86d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 259 crates
- !Heavy dependency tree (23 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
6.9K downloads in the last 30 days (231/day), up 35% from the previous period.
259 crates depend on backhand. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 3+ years old, backhand hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
23 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include krata-oci, krata-runtime, squishy, backhand-cli, fstn. When high-quality crates choose backhand, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["xz", "gzip", "zstd", "lz4", "parallel"]
