Decision Workspace
aead vs rsa vs ssh-cipher
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
70
aead
growingv0.5.2
Traits for Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) algorithms, such as AES-GCM as ChaCha20Poly1305, which provide a high-level API
73
rsa
growingv0.9.10
Pure Rust RSA implementation
63
ssh-cipher
growingv0.2.0
Pure Rust implementation of SSH symmetric encryption including support for the modern aes128-gcm@openssh.com/aes256-gcm@openssh.com and chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com algorithms as well as legacy support for older ciphers. Built on the pure Rust cryptography implementations maintained by the RustCrypto organization.
Core Metrics
| aead | rsa | ssh-cipher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 70 | 73 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 123.5M | 135.2M | 4.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 9.2M | 11.4M | 674.3K |
| Dependents | 1.9K | 7.4K | 42 |
| Releases | 30 | 63 | 15 |
| Last Updated | 51d ago | 17d ago | 17d ago |
| Age | 9y 5m | 7y 8m | 2y 10m |
Health Breakdown
aead
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
rsa
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
ssh-cipher
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| aead | rsa | ssh-cipher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.2 | 0.9.10 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 26 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 86KB | 11KB |
| Features | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 13.3% | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.56 | 1.65 | 1.60 |
| Owners | 2 (team) | 2 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rsa leads with a health score of 73/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rsa is depended on by 7.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.