ciborium
v0.2.2 Growingserde implementation of CBOR using ciborium-basic
Quick Verdict
- โNot updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- โMassive adoption (6.2K crates depend on it)
- โTeam maintained (2 owners)
- โPermissive license (Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
11.9M downloads in the last 30 days (396.1K/day), up 20% from the previous period.
6.2K crates depend on ciborium. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 5+ years old, ciborium hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 35KB, ciborium is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include criterion, blake3, aws-smithy-types, serdect, coset. When high-quality crates choose ciborium, it's a strong quality signal.
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