file-format
v0.29.0 GrowingCrate for determining the file format of a given file or stream.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 0d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 424 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (57KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
75.2K downloads in the last 30 days (2.5K/day), up 11% from the previous period.
424 crates depend on file-format. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 4+ years old, file-format hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
file-format has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
Notable dependents include cargo-binstall, dash-mpd, qsv, oculante, file_type. When high-quality crates choose file-format, it's a strong quality signal.
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