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multihash

v0.19.5 Growing

Implementation of the multihash format

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.81
#multihash#ipfs

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 28d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (2.5K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
37.6M
Dependents
2.5K
Releases
42
Size
22KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

1.7M downloads in the last 30 days (55.9K/day), up 7% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

2.5K crates depend on multihash. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 126 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 10+ years old, multihash hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 22KB, multihash is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

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

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 16/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

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
54K/day avg+2%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.17.0
33%
v0.19.1
24%
v0.19.3
23%
v0.18.1
12%
v0.16.3
8%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
9
direct dependencies
Dependents
2.5K
crates depend on multihash

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