Decision Workspace
aesti vs aes_crypto vs ctaes
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
aesti
growingv0.3.0
Constant/fixed/invariant time aes implimentation (originally from Linux)
47
aes_crypto
growingv1.4.0
A platform-agnostic library for the AES cipher (Rijndael)
37
ctaes
experimentalv0.1.0
A wrapper of Bitcoin Core's ctaes C library. ctaes is a simple constant-time AES implementation.
Core Metrics
| aesti | aes_crypto | ctaes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 47 | 37 |
| Total Downloads | 7.8K | 14.9K | 4.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 15 | 108 | 1.7K |
| Dependents | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 3197d ago | 237d ago | 334d ago |
| Age | 8y 9m | 1y 11m | 11m |
Health Breakdown
aesti
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
aes_crypto
Maintenance
9
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
ctaes
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| aesti | aes_crypto | ctaes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 1.4.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-2.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 32KB | 18KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 18.2% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •aes_crypto leads with a health score of 47/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ aesti has not been updated in over a year.
- •aesti, ctaes are pre-1.0 — API may change.