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pkt

v0.4.0 Growing

A packet construction library

MIT Edition 2018
Network programming #networking#pcap#packets#traffic-generation

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 22d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (20KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
17.7K
Dependents
24
Releases
13
Size
20KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

87 downloads in the last 30 days (3/day), up 50% from the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 4+ years old, pkt hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 19KB, pkt is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 17/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 9/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 5/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 9/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
3/day avg-26%
05101512/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Most downloaded crates that depend on pkt

Version Adoption

v0.1.11
26%
v0.2.0
24%
v0.1.7
18%
v0.1.10
16%
v0.1.9
16%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
24
crates depend on pkt

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