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serde

Latest Version: v1.0.228

serde is Rust's foundational, no_std-compatible serialization/deserialization framework, with over 842M total crates.io downloads.

Owner: serde-rs

OSSauto-discoveredcratesrust

Stars

10.5k

GitHub star count

Last Release

6 months ago

v1.0.228

Contributors

100

N/A

Health Score

N/A

N/A

Key Features

  • derive

  • no std

  • rust

  • serde

Tech Stack

Rust
auto-discovered
crates
rust
serialization
no_std
serde
no-stdno-alloc
no-std
encoding

About

serde is Rust's foundational, no_std-compatible serialization/deserialization framework, with over 842M total crates.io downloads.

v1.0.228 enables documentation generation across the full dependency graph when RUSTDOCFLAGS='--cfg=docsrs' is set, improving docs.rs compatibility.

Analyst Note

serde is Rust's foundational, no_std-compatible serialization/deserialization framework, with over 842M total crates.io downloads.

Best For

  • Technical stack evaluation for engineering teams
  • Dependency governance and upgrade planning in production systems
  • Track delivery cadence and release quality from serde-rs
  • derive

Not Ideal For

  • Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption

Typical Use Cases

Technical stack evaluation for engineering teamsDependency governance and upgrade planning in production systemsTrack delivery cadence and release quality from serde-rs

Decision Snapshot

  • Product type: Open Source
  • Primary language: Rust
  • Pricing model: Free
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Last Release: 9/27/2025
Data Basis
  • Last Sync: Mar 1, 2026, 03:03 PM
  • Metrics Updated: Mar 1, 2026, 03:03 PM
  • Completeness: 100%
  • Last Verified: Mar 1, 2026, 03:03 PM

Data Status

Stale
Last SyncMar 1, 2026, 03:03 PM
Metrics UpdatedMar 1, 2026, 03:03 PM
Completeness100%
Last VerifiedMar 1, 2026, 03:03 PM

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong community adoption.
  • Broad maintainer participation.
  • Active maintenance cadence.

Cons

  • -Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption

All Metrics

Adoption

4/4
Stars10.5k
Forks890
Open Issues370
Contributors100

Health

0/4
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Trend ScorePending
Activity ScorePending
Reliability ScorePending

Core

3/5
Latest Versionv1.0.228
Last Release9/27/2025
Last Commit2/16/2026
StatusPending
Activity LevelPending

Security

0/1
Security ScorePending