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zstd-safe

v7.2.4 Growing

Safe low-level bindings for the zstd compression library.

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2018 MSRV 1.64
API bindingsCompression #compression#zstd#zstandard

Quick Verdict

  • Not updated for 1+ year
  • Stable API (7.x for 8+ years)
  • Trusted by 722 crates
  • Tiny footprint (29KB, 1 deps)
  • Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
294.3M
Dependents
722
Releases
54
Size
29KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

21.0M downloads in the last 30 days (699.2K/day), up 13% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

722 crates depend on zstd-safe. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

Stable for 8+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 54 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 29KB, zstd-safe is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include zstd, async-compression, compression-codecs, pingora-header-serde, apollo-router. When high-quality crates choose zstd-safe, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 9/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 23/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 11/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
642K/day avg+13%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v7.2.4
48%
v7.2.1
18%
v6.0.6
15%
v7.0.0
10%
v7.1.0
9%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["legacy", "arrays", "zdict_builder"]

stdthindebugarrays*legacy*no_asmzstdmtbindgendoc-cfgfat-ltoseekablethin-ltopkg-configexperimentalzdict_builder*

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
1
direct dependencies
Dependents
722
crates depend on zstd-safe

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