tokio-tar
v0.3.1 GrowingA Rust implementation of an async TAR file reader and writer. This library does not currently handle compression, but it is abstract over all I/O readers and writers. Additionally, great lengths are taken to ensure that the entire contents are never required to be entirely resident in memory all at once.
Quick Verdict
- โNot updated for 2+ years
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- โTrusted by 570 crates
- โPermissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
1.1M downloads in the last 30 days (35.3K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
570 crates depend on tokio-tar. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 6+ years old, tokio-tar hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 48KB, tokio-tar is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include wash-cli, hop-cli, graph_builder, opa-wasm, wash-lib. When high-quality crates choose tokio-tar, it's a strong quality signal.
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