base-x
v0.2.11 GrowingEncode/decode any base
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 4+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 155 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (11KB, 3 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
1.6M downloads in the last 30 days (52.0K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
155 crates depend on base-x. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 10+ years old, base-x hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 11KB, base-x is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include multibase, stdweb-internal-macros, base36, cargo-web, branca. When high-quality crates choose base-x, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["std"]