cboritem

4.5K downloads in the last 30 days, down 20% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

The primary maintainer publishes 55 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

Despite being 2+ years old, cboritem 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 9KB, cboritem is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include minicbor-adapters, cbor-macro, suit_cbor, cose_minicbor, suit_validator. When high-quality crates choose cboritem, it's a strong quality signal.