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tokio-boring

v5.0.0 Stable

An implementation of SSL streams for Tokio backed by BoringSSL

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.85

Quick Verdict

  • Actively maintained (updated 68d ago)
  • Stable API (5.x for 5+ years)
  • Trusted by 187 crates
  • Team maintained (5 owners)
  • Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
2.5M
Dependents
187
Releases
48
Size
23KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

156.1K downloads in the last 30 days (5.2K/day), up 11% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

187 crates depend on tokio-boring. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (5 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

Stable for 5+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 5 years with 48 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

📐
Compact crate

At 23KB, tokio-boring is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include lettre, hyper-boring, hpx, yhy_net_lettre, argos. When high-quality crates choose tokio-boring, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 12/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
4K/day avg-44%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v4.19.0
53%
v4.17.0
30%
v4.16.0
7%
v4.15.0
6%
v5.0.0
5%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
6
direct dependencies
Dependents
187
crates depend on tokio-boring