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bit-struct

v0.3.2 Growing

Define structs which have fields which are assigned to individual bits, not bytes

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.62.1
No standard library #macros#bit#struct

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 3+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
310.3K
Dependents
16
Releases
38
Size
20KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

5.6K downloads in the last 30 days (186/day), up 51% from the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 4+ years old, bit-struct hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 20KB, bit-struct is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include canopen_rust, rusty-dawg, cfdp-simplified, batpu-assembly, sg200x-bsp. When high-quality crates choose bit-struct, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 7/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 8/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
139/day avg+55%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.3.2
63%
v0.1.31
18%
v0.2.0
17%
v0.1.27
1%
v0.1.32
1%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["serde"]

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Maintainers

Dependencies
8
direct dependencies
Dependents
16
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