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hickory-client

v0.25.2 Growing

Hickory DNS is a safe and secure DNS library. This is the Client library with DNSSEC support. DNSSEC with NSEC validation for negative records, is complete. The client supports dynamic DNS with SIG0 authenticated requests, implementing easy to use high level functions. Hickory DNS is based on the Tokio and Futures libraries, which means it should be easily integrated into other software that also use those libraries.

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.71.1
Network programming #dns#named#bind#dig#dnssec

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 235 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
1.1M
Dependents
235
Releases
14
Size
40KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

96.6K downloads in the last 30 days (3.2K/day), up 6% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

235 crates depend on hickory-client. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 2+ years old, hickory-client hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 39KB, hickory-client is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include sequoia-net, qorb, aardvark-dns, oilelpqt, dns-update. When high-quality crates choose hickory-client, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 9/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
3K/day avg+75%
02K4K6K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.25.2
43%
v0.24.4
23%
v0.24.1
20%
v0.24.2
8%
v0.24.0
6%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
16
direct dependencies
Dependents
235
crates depend on hickory-client

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