serde_yaml
v0.9.34+deprecated GrowingYAML data format for Serde
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (71.1K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
20.4M downloads in the last 30 days (680.2K/day), up 14% from the previous period.
71.1K crates depend on serde_yaml — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The primary maintainer publishes 231 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 10+ years old, serde_yaml hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Notable dependents include jiff, json-patch, prost-reflect, kube-core, kube-client. When high-quality crates choose serde_yaml, it's a strong quality signal.
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