multihash

1.6M downloads in the last 30 days (54.2K/day), up 34% from the previous period.

2.3K crates depend on multihash. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

The primary maintainer publishes 124 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

Despite being 10+ years old, multihash hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

At 18KB, multihash is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include multiaddr, libp2p-core, cid, multihash-derive, libp2p-noise. When high-quality crates choose multihash, it's a strong quality signal.