prost-types
v0.14.4 GrowingProst definitions of Protocol Buffers well known types.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 36d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (34.0K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
26.0M downloads in the last 30 days (865.6K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
34.0K crates depend on prost-types — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 8+ years old, prost-types hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
14% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include prost-build, quanta, prost-reflect, tonic-health, tonic-reflection. When high-quality crates choose prost-types, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["std"]
