bytestring

A UTF-8 encoded read-only string using `Bytes` as storage

1.5.1 78M downloads/mo #923 most downloaded on crates.io actix/actix-net

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Last release 3 months ago

30 Apr 2026

Release timing varies

gaps range from 2 weeks to 1.4 years

Nearly every release is documented

notes for 14 of 14 stable releases

Nothing withdrawn

no release was ever pulled

7 years old

14 releases · first in 2019

2 releases in the last 12 months

see the full history below

Release timeline

14 releases · Dec 2019 to Apr 2026

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

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Releases

latest 14

1.5.1 30 Apr 2026
Release notes
- Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.88.
- Improve From<ByteString> for String performance.
- Improve ASCII TryFrom conversions performance.
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Release notes
- Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.88.
- Improve From<ByteString> for String performance.
- Improve ASCII TryFrom conversions performance.
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1.5.0 15 Sep 2025
Release notes
- Migrate serde dependency to serde_core.
- Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.75.
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Release notes
- Migrate serde dependency to serde_core.
- Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.75.
- Switch serde to serde_core
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1.4.0 24 Nov 2024
Release notes
- Add ByteString::split_at() method.
- Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.71.
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1.3.1 29 Oct 2023
Release notes
- No significant changes since 1.3.0.
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1.3.0 03 Mar 2023
Release notes
- Implement AsRef<ByteString> for ByteString.
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1.2.0 07 Nov 2022
Release notes
- Add ByteString::slice_ref which can safely slice a ByteString into a new one with zero copy. #470
- Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.57.
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1.1.0 11 Jun 2022
Release notes
- Implement From<Box<str>> for ByteString. #458
- Implement Into<String> for ByteString. #458
- Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.49.
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1.0.0 31 Dec 2020
Release notes
- Update bytes dependency to 1.
- Add array and slice of u8 impls of TryFrom up to 32 in length.
- Rename get_ref to as_bytes and rename into_inner to into_bytes.
- ByteString::new is now a const fn.
- Crate is now #[no_std] compatible.
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0.1.5 30 Mar 2020
Release notes
- Serde support
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0.1.4 14 Jan 2020
Release notes
- Fix AsRef<str> impl
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0.1.3 14 Jan 2020
Release notes
- Add PartialEq<T: AsRef<str>>, AsRef<[u8]> impls
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0.1.2 22 Dec 2019
Release notes
- Fix new() method
- Make ByteString::from_static() and ByteString::from_bytes_unchecked() methods const.
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0.1.1 07 Dec 2019
Release notes
- Fix hash impl
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0.1.0 07 Dec 2019
Release notes
- Initial release
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