tokio-serde
v0.9.0 GrowingSend and receive Serde encodable types over the network using Tokio. This library is used as a building block for serialization format specific libraries.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (1.6K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
525.9K downloads in the last 30 days (17.5K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
1.6K crates depend on tokio-serde. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 195 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 9+ years old, tokio-serde hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 16KB, tokio-serde is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include tarpc, solana-banks-client, solana-banks-server, virtual-net, sccache. When high-quality crates choose tokio-serde, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
Docs, repo, license, metadata
Download Trend
Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on tokio-serde