Is zstd-sys safe to use?

zstd-sys has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.0.16+zstd.1.5.7). DepScope rates its health at 70/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of zstd-sys?

The latest version of zstd-sys is 2.0.16+zstd.1.5.7, released 2025-09-04.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of zstd-sys.

No, zstd-sys is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.0.16+zstd.1.5.7 (2025-09-04).

Popular alternatives to zstd-sys in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

zstd-sys is licensed under MIT/Apache-2.0.

cargov2.0.16+zstd.1.5.7

Low-level bindings for the zstd compression library.

License MIT/Apache-2.0permissive49 versions0 deps47,787,562 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected]+zstd.1.5.7 is safe to use (health: 70/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

6

Primary author dominance

38%

GitHub stars

634

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.76critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

API access

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