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rc-zip

v5.4.1 Growing

An I/O-agnostic implementation of the zip file format

Apache-2.0 OR MIT Edition 2021
Compression #zip#unzip

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Stable API (5.x for 6+ years)
  • โœ“Trusted by 112 crates
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)

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Downloads
1.3M
Dependents
112
Releases
23
Size
43KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

121.5K downloads in the last 30 days (4.0K/day), up 4% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

112 crates depend on rc-zip. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 442 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Stable for 6+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 6 years with 23 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Compact crate

At 42KB, rc-zip is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include rc-zip-sync, rc-zip-tokio, tileset, librarian, zarrs_zip. When high-quality crates choose rc-zip, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 10/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
4K/day avg-2%
02K4K6K8K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v5.3.1
35%
v5.3.2
33%
v5.4.1
30%
v5.3.3
1%
v5.3.6
1%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
16
direct dependencies
Dependents
112
crates depend on rc-zip

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