faster-hex
v0.10.0 GrowingFast hex encoding.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (2.4K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
3.4M downloads in the last 30 days (112.5K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
2.4K crates depend on faster-hex. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
Despite being 7+ years old, faster-hex hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 13KB, faster-hex is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
13% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include generic-array, hex, gix-hash, const-hex, gix-packetline. When high-quality crates choose faster-hex, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
Docs, repo, license, metadata
Download Trend
Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on faster-hex
Version Adoption
Release Timeline
Feature Flags
default =["std", "serde"]
