bzip2-sys
v0.1.13+1.0.8 GrowingBindings to libbzip2 for bzip2 compression and decompression exposed as Reader/Writer streams.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 134 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (634KB, 2 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
7.0M downloads in the last 30 days (233.0K/day), up 19% from the previous period.
134 crates depend on bzip2-sys. 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 11+ years old, bzip2-sys 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.
Notable dependents include bzip2, hts-sys, rust-librocksdb-sys, surrealdb-librocksdb-sys, libspeedb-sys. When high-quality crates choose bzip2-sys, it's a strong quality signal.
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