smol_str
v0.3.6 Growingsmall-string optimized string type with O(1) clone
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 83d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (8.4K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
7.7M downloads in the last 30 days (257.4K/day), up 24% from the previous period.
8.4K crates depend on smol_str. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 78 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 7+ years old, smol_str hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 26KB, smol_str is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
14% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include schemars, rkyv, postgres-types, tokio-postgres, winit. When high-quality crates choose smol_str, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["std"]
