pnet_packet
v0.35.0 GrowingCross-platform, binary packet parsing and manipulation
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 708 crates
- ✓Team maintained (5 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
2.4M downloads in the last 30 days (79.4K/day), up 3% from the previous period.
708 crates depend on pnet_packet. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
This crate is maintained by a team (5 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 8+ years old, pnet_packet hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 37KB, pnet_packet is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include pnet, pnet_transport, surge-ping, tun-rs, geph4-client. When high-quality crates choose pnet_packet, it's a strong quality signal.
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