hex-literal
v1.1.0 GrowingA macro for converting hexadecimal string literals to a byte array at compile time
Quick Verdict
- ✓Stable API (1.x for 8+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (16.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (9KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
3.7M downloads in the last 30 days (124.6K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
16.5K crates depend on hex-literal — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 216 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 17 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
hex-literal has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 9KB, hex-literal is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include block-buffer, sha2, hmac, sha1, der. When high-quality crates choose hex-literal, it's a strong quality signal.
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