inflate

291.2K downloads in the last 30 days (9.7K/day), up 95% from the previous period.

625 crates depend on inflate. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

The primary maintainer publishes 50 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

Despite being 10+ years old, inflate hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

At 17KB, inflate is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include dmi, rain-metadata, lnpbp_bech32, lancelot-flirt, swf-parser. When high-quality crates choose inflate, it's a strong quality signal.