byte
v0.2.7 GrowingA low-level, zero-copy and panic-free serializer and deserializer for binary.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 165 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (10KB, 2 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
9.0K downloads in the last 30 days (301/day), up 6% from the previous period.
165 crates depend on byte. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 8+ years old, byte hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 9KB, byte is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include ieee802154, castle_types, esp-radio, castle_error, dw3000-ng. When high-quality crates choose byte, it's a strong quality signal.
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