hickory-proto
v0.25.2 Growinghickory-proto is a safe and secure low-level DNS library. This is the foundational DNS protocol library used by the other higher-level Hickory DNS crates.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 0d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 817 crates
- !Heavy dependency tree (41 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
5.5M downloads in the last 30 days (181.7K/day), up 31% from the previous period.
817 crates depend on hickory-proto. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 2+ years old, hickory-proto hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
41 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include hickory-resolver, libp2p-mdns, mongodb, hickory-server, hickory-client. When high-quality crates choose hickory-proto, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["std", "tokio"]
