native-tls
v0.2.18 GrowingA wrapper over a platform's native TLS implementation
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (10.3K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
16.7M downloads in the last 30 days (555.6K/day), up 17% from the previous period.
10.3K crates depend on native-tls — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 113 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 9+ years old, native-tls hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 29KB, native-tls is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include reqwest, hyper-tls, tokio-native-tls, tungstenite, tokio-tungstenite. When high-quality crates choose native-tls, it's a strong quality signal.
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