miniz_oxide
v0.9.1 GrowingDEFLATE compression and decompression library rewritten in Rust based on miniz
Quick Verdict
- โActively maintained (updated 15d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- โMassive adoption (1.8K crates depend on it)
- โPermissive license (MIT OR Zlib OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
40.2M downloads in the last 30 days (1.3M/day), up 15% from the previous period.
1.8K crates depend on miniz_oxide. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
Despite being 8+ years old, miniz_oxide hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
13% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include flate2, backtrace, png, fdeflate, zopfli. When high-quality crates choose miniz_oxide, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["with-alloc"]