bs58

12.5M downloads in the last 30 days (415.4K/day), up 23% from the previous period.

20.6K crates depend on bs58 — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.

bs58 has only 1 owner despite 20.6K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.

Despite being 9+ years old, bs58 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

At 28KB, bs58 is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include serde_with, solana-sdk-macro, libp2p-identity, solana-sdk, coins-core. When high-quality crates choose bs58, it's a strong quality signal.