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tokio-serial

v5.4.5 Growing

A serial port implementation for tokio

MIT Edition 2018
AsynchronousHardware support #serial#rs232#tokio

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • โœ“Stable API (5.x for 9+ years)
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.1K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
4.9M
Dependents
1.1K
Releases
23
Size
27KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

358.1K downloads in the last 30 days (11.9K/day), up 14% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.1K crates depend on tokio-serial. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Stable for 9+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 9 years with 23 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Compact crate

At 26KB, tokio-serial is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include tokio-modbus, z-serial, trouble-host, postcard-rpc, mavlink-core. When high-quality crates choose tokio-serial, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 5/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 18/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
11K/day avg+23%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v5.4.4
48%
v5.4.5
47%
v5.4.3
4%
v5.4.1
1%
v5.4.2
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
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direct dependencies
Dependents
1.1K
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