prost-types

30.8M downloads in the last 30 days (1.0M/day), up 27% from the previous period.

31.3K 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.

At 48KB, prost-types is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

15% 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.