byte_string
v1.0.0 GrowingWrapper types for outputting byte strings (b"Hello") using the Debug ({:?}) format.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 9+ years
- ✓Stable API (1.x for 9+ years)
- ✓Trusted by 257 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (9KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
71.7K downloads in the last 30 days (2.4K/day), up 42% from the previous period.
257 crates depend on byte_string. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 9 years with 1 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
byte_string has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 8KB, byte_string is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include shadowsocks, shadowsocks-service, shadowsocks-rust, tokio_kcp, codenano-server. When high-quality crates choose byte_string, it's a strong quality signal.
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