block-buffer
v0.12.0 GrowingBuffer types for block processing of data
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 462 crates
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (15KB, 3 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
68.9M downloads in the last 30 days (2.3M/day), up 39% from the previous period.
462 crates depend on block-buffer. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 215 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 8+ years old, block-buffer 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 15KB, block-buffer is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include digest, cipher, zcash_primitives, blake-hash, libpna. When high-quality crates choose block-buffer, it's a strong quality signal.
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