liblzma-sys
v0.4.7 GrowingRaw bindings to liblzma which contains an implementation of LZMA and xz stream encoding/decoding. High level Rust bindings are available in the `liblzma` crate.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 15d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Tiny footprint (1.6MB, 3 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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1.4M downloads in the last 30 days (46.1K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
Despite being 2+ years old, liblzma-sys hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
15% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
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default =["bindgen"]