lexical
v7.0.5 GrowingLexical, to- and from-string conversion routines.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Stable API (7.x for 7+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (1.9K crates depend on it)
- ✓Tiny footprint (29KB, 1 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
- !42% of releases were yanked
Security
Deep Insights
1.3M downloads in the last 30 days (43.2K/day), up 8% from the previous period.
1.9K crates depend on lexical. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 7 years with 52 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 28KB, lexical is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
42% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include chumsky, json-number, swc_css_parser, serde-querystring, quil-rs. When high-quality crates choose lexical, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
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Feature Flags
default =["std", "write-integers", "write-floats", "parse-integers", "parse-floats"]
