libflate

2.1M downloads in the last 30 days (70.5K/day), up 49% from the previous period.

2.6K crates depend on libflate. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

The primary maintainer publishes 181 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 9 years with 43 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

At 40KB, libflate is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

26% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

Notable dependents include inferno, libflate_lz77, pyroscope, avro-rs, sloggers. When high-quality crates choose libflate, it's a strong quality signal.