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merkle_hash

v3.8.0 Growing

Finds the hashes of all files and directories in a directory tree.

MIT Edition 2021
AlgorithmsCryptography #file#tree#hash#checksum#directory

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (3.x for 4+ years)
  • โœ“Trusted by 234 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
142.0K
Dependents
234
Releases
25
Size
10KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

11.5K downloads in the last 30 days (384/day), up 94% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

234 crates depend on merkle_hash. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Stable for 4+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 4 years with 25 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Compact crate

At 10KB, merkle_hash is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Notable yanked versions

28% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include bestool, pmc, veryl-std, machine-check-gui, cargo-machete-nk. When high-quality crates choose merkle_hash, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 8/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
238/day avg+145%
05001K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v3.8.0
46%
v3.7.0
35%
v3.6.1
14%
v3.5.0
4%
v2.0.0
1%

Release Timeline

25 releases7 yankedsince 2022
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Feature Flags

default =["parallel", "encode", "camino"]

shacamino*encode*retainbincodeparallel*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
5
direct dependencies
Dependents
234
crates depend on merkle_hash

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