zip
v8.4.0 StableLibrary to support the reading and writing of zip files.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 4d ago)
- ✓Stable API (8.x for 11+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (26.3K crates depend on it)
- !Heavy dependency tree (36 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
15.2M downloads in the last 30 days (506.5K/day), up 26% from the previous period.
26.3K crates depend on zip — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 11 years with 125 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
36 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
21% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include android-tzdata, utoipa-swagger-ui, c2pa, self_update, ndarray-npy. When high-quality crates choose zip, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
Docs, repo, license, metadata
Download Trend
Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on zip
Version Adoption
Release Timeline
Feature Flags
default =["aes-crypto", "bzip2", "deflate64", "deflate", "lzma", "ppmd", "time", "zstd", "xz"]
