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miniserde

v0.1.45 Growing

Data structure serialization library with several opposite design goals from Serde.

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.68
EncodingNo standard library #serialization#serde

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 777 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
3.0M
Dependents
777
Releases
46
Size
37KB

Deep Insights

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Download decline

256.2K downloads in the last 30 days, down 66% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

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Moderate adoption

777 crates depend on miniserde. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 231 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 7+ years old, miniserde hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 36KB, miniserde is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include bit-vec, bit-set, leptos_reactive, codee, async-stripe-types. When high-quality crates choose miniserde, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 14/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 13/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
14K/day avg-23%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.1.42
70%
v0.1.45
17%
v0.1.43
5%
v0.1.30
4%
v0.1.34
4%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
11
direct dependencies
Dependents
777
crates depend on miniserde

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