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zcash_client_backend

v0.22.0 Growing

APIs for creating shielded Zcash light clients

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2024 MSRV 1.85.1

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 28d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 169 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (4 owners)
  • !Heavy dependency tree (85 direct deps)

Security

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Downloads
141.2K
Dependents
169
Releases
34
Size
332KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

8.1K downloads in the last 30 days (272/day), up 57% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

169 crates depend on zcash_client_backend. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (4 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 6+ years old, zcash_client_backend hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Heavy dependency tree

85 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include zcash_client_sqlite, zebra-scan, zingo-netutils, zingo-memo, pepper-sync. When high-quality crates choose zcash_client_backend, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 16/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
203/day avg+66%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.18.0
46%
v0.21.0
22%
v0.18.1
14%
v0.19.1
11%
v0.21.2
8%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["time/default"]

torpcztsyncorchardunstablezcashd-compatnon-standard-feestest-dependencieslightwalletd-tonictransparent-inputstransparent-key-importunstable-serializationunstable-spanning-treelightwalletd-tonic-transportlightwalletd-tonic-tls-webpki-roots

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
85
direct dependencies
Dependents
169
crates depend on zcash_client_backend