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scale-decode

v0.16.2 Growing

Decode SCALE encoded bytes into arbitrary types at runtime

Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.81.0
#decoding#parity#scale

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 303 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (3 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
6.3M
Dependents
303
Releases
21
Size
40KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

295.2K downloads in the last 30 days (9.8K/day), up 15% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

303 crates depend on scale-decode. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

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

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, scale-decode hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 39KB, scale-decode is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include subxt, scale-value, subxt-core, frame-decode, merkleized-metadata. When high-quality crates choose scale-decode, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 12/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
8K/day avg+46%
05K10K15K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.16.0
36%
v0.13.1
29%
v0.14.0
26%
v0.10.0
5%
v0.9.0
4%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["derive", "primitive-types"]

derive*primitive-types*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
15
direct dependencies
Dependents
303
crates depend on scale-decode

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