The `serde_core` crate contains Serde's trait definitions with **no support for #\[derive()\]**. In crates that derive an implementation of `Serialize` or `Deserialize`, you must depend on the [`serde`] crate, not `serde_core`. In crates that handwrite implementations of Serde traits, or only use them as trait bounds, depending on `serde_core` is permitted. But `serde` re-exports all of these traits and can be used for this use case too. If in doubt, disregard `serde_core` and always use `serde`. [`serde`]: https://crates.io/crates/serde