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pretty-hex

v0.4.2 Growing

Pretty hex dump of bytes slice in the common style.

MIT

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 71d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.7K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (7KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
21.3M
Dependents
1.7K
Releases
8
Size
7KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

1.5M downloads in the last 30 days (49.4K/day), up 14% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.7K crates depend on pretty-hex. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

pretty-hex has only 1 owner despite 1.7K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 8+ years old, pretty-hex 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 7KB, pretty-hex is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include tiberius, bolero-engine, dof, solana-cli-output, nix-nar. When high-quality crates choose pretty-hex, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 14/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
46K/day avg+7%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.3.0
38%
v0.4.1
31%
v0.2.1
21%
v0.1.1
7%
v0.4.2
3%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["alloc"]

alloc*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.7K
crates depend on pretty-hex

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