BurntSushi Jiff by BurntSushi
A datetime library for Rust that encourages you to jump into the pit of success.
About BurntSushi Jiff
From the project's README at github.com/BurntSushi/jiff. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Jiff ==== Jiff is a datetime library for Rust that encourages you to jump into the pit of success. The focus of this library is providing high level datetime primitives that are difficult to misuse and have reasonable performance. Jiff supports automatic and seamless integration with the Time Zone Database, DST aware arithmetic and rounding, formatting and parsing zone aware datetimes losslessly, opt-in Serde support and a whole lot more.
Jiff takes enormous inspiration from [Temporal], which is a [TC39] proposal to improve datetime handling in JavaScript.
[](https://github.com/BurntSushi/jiff/actions) [](https://crates.io/crates/jiff) [](https://docs.rs/jiff)
[TC39]: https://tc39.es/ [Temporal]: https://tc39.es/proposal-temporal/docs/index.html Documentation
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 2.7k | github.com/BurntSushi/jiff |
| GitHub forks | 97 | github.com/BurntSushi/jiff |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 36066k | jiff |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 2.2 years | since Feb 2024 |
| Last commit | 14 days ago | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 1 | last: 1.2 years ago |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
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Ready to self-host BurntSushi Jiff?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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