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serde-pickle

v1.2.0 Growing

A serde-based serialization library for Python's pickle format

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2018 MSRV 1.63
#serialization#python#serde#pickle

Quick Verdict

  • Not updated for 1+ year
  • Stable API (1.x for 9+ years)
  • Massive adoption (1.2K crates depend on it)
  • Team maintained (2 owners)
  • Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
5.2M
Dependents
1.2K
Releases
15
Size
321KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

399.6K downloads in the last 30 days (13.3K/day), up 36% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.2K crates depend on serde-pickle. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Team maintained

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

Stable for 9+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 9 years with 15 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include pyo3-polars, lingua, opendp, celery, serde_unit_struct. When high-quality crates choose serde-pickle, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 6/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 18/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 16/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 14/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
11K/day avg+15%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v1.2.0
55%
v1.1.1
44%
v0.6.3
1%
v0.6.2
1%
v1.1.0
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
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direct dependencies
Dependents
1.2K
crates depend on serde-pickle

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