cookie
v0.18.1 GrowingHTTP cookie parsing and cookie jar management. Supports signed and private (encrypted, authenticated) jars.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (8.3K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
14.6M downloads in the last 30 days (486.3K/day), up 3% from the previous period.
8.3K crates depend on cookie. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 207 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 11+ years old, cookie hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 43KB, cookie is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include reqwest, actix-web, cookie_store, http-types, axum-extra. When high-quality crates choose cookie, it's a strong quality signal.
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