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serde_urlencoded

v0.7.1 Growing

`x-www-form-urlencoded` meets Serde

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2018
EncodingWeb programming #serialization#serde#urlencoded

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 4+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (15.4K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
407.5M
Dependents
15.4K
Releases
19
Size
13KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

31.8M downloads in the last 30 days (1.1M/day), up 25% from the previous period.

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Foundational crate

15.4K crates depend on serde_urlencoded โ€” it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.

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Single maintainer risk

serde_urlencoded has only 1 owner despite 15.4K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 9+ years old, serde_urlencoded hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 13KB, serde_urlencoded is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include reqwest, axum, serde_qs, actix-web, object_store. When high-quality crates choose serde_urlencoded, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 11/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
897K/day avg+37%
0500K1.0M1.5M2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.7.1
90%
v0.7.0
5%
v0.6.1
3%
v0.5.5
2%
v0.5.4
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
5
direct dependencies
Dependents
15.4K
crates depend on serde_urlencoded

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