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libz-rs-sys

v0.6.6 Growing

A memory-safe zlib implementation written in rust

Zlib Edition 2021 MSRV 1.75

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 4d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (75KB, 2 deps)

Security

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Downloads
47.9M
Dependents
81
Releases
23
Size
75KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

2.2M downloads in the last 30 days, down 20% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 2+ years old, libz-rs-sys hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include fontsan, rustpython-stdlib, physis, libz-rs-sys-cdylib, rsfitsio. When high-quality crates choose libz-rs-sys, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 22/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 19/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 8/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
74K/day avg-57%
050K100K4/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.5.5
66%
v0.5.4
22%
v0.5.3
10%
v0.6.3
2%
v0.6.4
0%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std", "rust-allocator"]

gzstd*gzprintfc-allocatorcustom-prefixsemver-prefixexport-symbolsrust-allocator*testing-prefix

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
81
crates depend on libz-rs-sys