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bcder

v0.7.7 Growing

Handling of data encoded in BER, CER, and DER.

BSD-3-Clause Edition 2018
EncodingNetwork programmingParsing tools #decoding#asn1#der#ber#cer

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 35d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 549 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (65KB, 2 deps)

Security

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Downloads
21.2M
Dependents
549
Releases
21
Size
65KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

681.6K downloads in the last 30 days (22.7K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

549 crates depend on bcder. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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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 7+ years old, bcder hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include x509-certificate, c2pa, cryptographic-message-syntax, apple-xar, apple-codesign. When high-quality crates choose bcder, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 18/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
21K/day avg-50%
010K20K30K40K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.7.5
51%
v0.7.4
25%
v0.7.6
22%
v0.7.3
1%
v0.6.1
1%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
549
crates depend on bcder

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