Resources by rkyv

Zero-copy deserialization framework for Rust

rustserializationzero-copy
Verdict 75/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 1.6 years ago

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Health score
75 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
4.2k
226 forks

About Resources

From the project's README at github.com/rkyv/rkyv. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

rkyv ( archive ) is a zero-copy deserialization framework for Rust Learning Materials The rkyv book covers the motivation, architecture, and major features of rkyv The rkyv discord is a great place to get help with specific issues and meet other people using rkyv Documentation rkyv, the core library rkyv_dyn, which adds trait object support to rkyv Benchmarks The rust serialization benchmark is a shootout style benchmark comparing many rust serialization solutions. It includes special benchmarks for zero-copy serialization solutions like rkyv. Sister Crates [rend](https://github.com/r

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
72
maturity
100
community
91
security
85
sustainability
88
adoption
31

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 4.2k github.com/rkyv/rkyv
GitHub forks 226 github.com/rkyv/rkyv
CRATES downloads (last month) 25263k rkyv

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age5.5 yearssince Nov 2020
Last commit8 days agoApr 29, 2026
Releases shipped76last: 1.6 years ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

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Security advisories

3 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. Most recent: RUSTSEC-2026-0001.

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