serde-aux
v4.7.0 GrowingA serde crate's auxiliary library
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- ✓Stable API (4.x for 8+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (1.6K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
1.4M downloads in the last 30 days (46.1K/day), up 15% from the previous period.
1.6K crates depend on serde-aux. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
serde-aux has only 1 owner despite 1.6K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 32 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 16KB, serde-aux is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include songbird, stellar-rpc-client, soroban-cli, icu_datagen, mehari. When high-quality crates choose serde-aux, it's a strong quality signal.
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