hpack
v0.3.0 GrowingA library implementing HPACK coding
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 10+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 142 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (29KB, 2 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
28.6K downloads in the last 30 days (952/day), up 49% from the previous period.
142 crates depend on hpack. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 11+ years old, hpack hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 28KB, hpack is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include solicit, sozu-lib, br-web-server, carrier, rust-http2. When high-quality crates choose hpack, it's a strong quality signal.
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