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bitter

v0.9.0 Growing

Swiftly extracts unaligned bit-level data from a byte slice

MIT Edition 2018
Parsing toolsNo standard library #binary#bits#bitstream

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 103 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (21KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
199.7K
Dependents
103
Releases
17
Size
21KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

6.6K downloads in the last 30 days (218/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

103 crates depend on bitter. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 8+ years old, bitter hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include boxcars, kampu, d2-stampede, nautic_dns, source2-demo. When high-quality crates choose bitter, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 14/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 9/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
224/day avg-15%
01002003004005002/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.6.2
34%
v0.6.1
31%
v0.7.1
15%
v0.7.0
11%
v0.9.0
9%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
103
crates depend on bitter

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