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 (1.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
1.2M downloads in the last 30 days (39.5K/day), up 49% from the previous period.
1.5K crates depend on tokio-serde. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 186 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, virtual-net, solana-banks-server, sccache. When high-quality crates choose tokio-serde, it's a strong quality signal.
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