utf8parse
v0.2.2 GrowingTable-driven UTF-8 parser
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 194 crates
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (13KB, 0 deps)
Security
Deep Insights
31.5M downloads in the last 30 days (1.1M/day), up 28% from the previous period.
194 crates depend on utf8parse. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
This crate is maintained by a team (3 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
Despite being 9+ years old, utf8parse hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
utf8parse has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 13KB, utf8parse is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include anstream, anstyle-parse, rustyline, vtparse, mdbook-pandoc. When high-quality crates choose utf8parse, it's a strong quality signal.
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