typetag
v0.2.22 GrowingSerde serializable and deserializable trait objects
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 6d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (3.6K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
2.7M downloads in the last 30 days (90.5K/day), up 8% from the previous period.
3.6K crates depend on typetag. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 231 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 7+ years old, typetag hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 30KB, typetag is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include ron, prost-wkt, tantivy, virtual-fs, expect-json. When high-quality crates choose typetag, it's a strong quality signal.
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