hickory-resolver
v0.26.1 Growinghickory-resolver is a safe and secure DNS stub resolver library intended to be a high-level library for DNS record resolution.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 24d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (4.3K crates depend on it)
- !Heavy dependency tree (35 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
5.1M downloads in the last 30 days (169.3K/day), up 12% from the previous period.
4.3K crates depend on hickory-resolver. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
hickory-resolver has only 1 owner despite 4.3K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
Despite being 2+ years old, hickory-resolver hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
35 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include reqwest, actix-tls, libp2p-dns, mongodb, awc. When high-quality crates choose hickory-resolver, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
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Most downloaded crates that depend on hickory-resolver
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Feature Flags
default =["system-config", "tokio"]
