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obfstr

v0.4.4 Growing

Compiletime string constant obfuscation for Rust

MIT Edition 2021
No standard library #hash#random#wide#obfuscation

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 167 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (14KB, 0 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
1.9M
Dependents
167
Releases
15
Size
14KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

80.5K downloads in the last 30 days (2.7K/day), up 33% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

167 crates depend on obfstr. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

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

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Zero dependencies

obfstr has no external dependencies โ€” minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

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Compact crate

At 14KB, obfstr is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include fmtools, include-crypt-codegen, include-crypt, news-flash, idevice. When high-quality crates choose obfstr, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 5/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
2K/day avg+76%
01K2K3K4K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.4
26%
v0.3.0
25%
v0.4.3
24%
v0.4.1
22%
v0.2.6
4%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
0
direct dependencies
Dependents
167
crates depend on obfstr

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