rlp

2.6M downloads in the last 30 days (87.5K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

1.9K crates depend on rlp. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

Despite being 9+ years old, rlp hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

At 14KB, rlp is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include crypto-bigint, impl-rlp, ruint, rlp-derive, ethers-core. When high-quality crates choose rlp, it's a strong quality signal.