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rustc-hex

v2.1.0 Growing

rustc-serialize compatible hex conversion traits

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2018
#serialize#hex#rustc

Quick Verdict

  • Not updated for 6+ years
  • Stable API (2.x for 8+ years)
  • Trusted by 889 crates
  • Team maintained (2 owners)
  • Tiny footprint (8KB, 0 deps)

Security

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Downloads
34.0M
Dependents
889
Releases
4
Size
8KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

2.2M downloads in the last 30 days (73.7K/day), up 36% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

889 crates depend on rustc-hex. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

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

Stable for 8+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 4 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

🪶
Zero dependencies

rustc-hex has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

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Compact crate

At 8KB, rustc-hex is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include hex, fixed-hash, faster-hex, const-hex, rlp. When high-quality crates choose rustc-hex, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 3/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 23/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 16/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 9/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
55K/day avg+86%
050K100K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v2.1.0
97%
v1.0.0
2%
v2.0.1
1%
v2.0.0
0%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
0
direct dependencies
Dependents
889
crates depend on rustc-hex

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