http-body
v1.0.1 GrowingTrait representing an asynchronous, streaming, HTTP request or response body.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- ✓Stable API (1.x for 6+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (8.3K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (6KB, 2 deps)
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Deep Insights
41.7M downloads in the last 30 days (1.4M/day), up 23% from the previous period.
8.3K crates depend on http-body. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 186 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 6 years with 19 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 6KB, http-body is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include hyper, reqwest, axum, axum-core, hyper-util. When high-quality crates choose http-body, it's a strong quality signal.
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Most downloaded crates that depend on http-body
