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rustls-pemfile

v2.2.0 Growing

Basic .pem file parser for keys and certificates

Apache-2.0 OR ISC OR MIT Edition 2018

Quick Verdict

  • Not updated for 1+ year
  • Stable API (2.x for 5+ years)
  • Massive adoption (15.9K crates depend on it)
  • Team maintained (3 owners)
  • Tiny footprint (26KB, 2 deps)

Security

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Downloads
443.1M
Dependents
15.9K
Releases
18
Size
26KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

29.0M downloads in the last 30 days (965.6K/day), up 27% from the previous period.

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Foundational crate

15.9K crates depend on rustls-pemfile — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (3 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

Stable for 5+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 5 years with 18 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 25KB, rustls-pemfile is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include quinn, trust-dns-proto, tiny_http, aws-smithy-http-client, futures-rustls. When high-quality crates choose rustls-pemfile, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 7/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 19/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 18/20

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
837K/day avg+23%
0500K1.0M1.5M2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v1.0.4
47%
v2.2.0
38%
v2.1.2
9%
v2.1.3
4%
v2.0.0
2%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
15.9K
crates depend on rustls-pemfile