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evtx

v0.11.2 Growing

A Fast (and safe) parser for the Windows XML Event Log (EVTX) format

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2024

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 65d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 137 crates
  • !Heavy dependency tree (35 direct deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
194.1K
Dependents
137
Releases
49
Size
3.9MB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

13.1K downloads in the last 30 days (437/day), up 55% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

137 crates depend on evtx. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 7+ years old, evtx hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

35 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Large crate size

3.9MB is relatively large. May impact download and compile times.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include dionysos, super_speedy_syslog_searcher, dfir-toolkit, evtxtools, dfirtk-eventdata. When high-quality crates choose evtx, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 10/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 9/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
324/day avg+74%
02004006008001K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.8.5
49%
v0.8.1
22%
v0.8.4
12%
v0.8.2
10%
v0.11.2
7%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["multithreading", "evtx_dump"]

benchevtx_dump*fast-allocmultithreading*wevt_templates

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
35
direct dependencies
Dependents
137
crates depend on evtx