http-body
v1.1.0 StableTrait representing an asynchronous, streaming, HTTP request or response body.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 0d ago)
- ✓Stable API (1.x for 7+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (10.2K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (8KB, 2 deps)
Security
Deep Insights
54.5M downloads in the last 30 days (1.8M/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
10.2K crates depend on http-body — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 195 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 7 years with 20 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 8KB, 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
