plist
v1.8.0 GrowingA rusty plist parser. Supports Serde serialization.
Quick Verdict
- โStable API (1.x for 10+ years)
- โMassive adoption (2.5K crates depend on it)
- โPermissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
3.4M downloads in the last 30 days (114.2K/day), up 53% from the previous period.
2.5K crates depend on plist. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
plist has only 1 owner despite 2.5K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ consider the implications for long-term support.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 10 years with 54 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
Notable dependents include syntect, tauri, tauri-codegen, tauri-plugin, bat. When high-quality crates choose plist, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["serde"]