Decision Workspace
alkali vs holochain_keystore vs libsodium-sys-stable
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
alkali
growingv0.3.0
Safe Rust bindings to the Sodium cryptographic library
74
holochain_keystore
growingv0.6.0
keystore for libsodium keypairs
64
libsodium-sys-stable
stablev1.23.2
Maintained FFI bindings for libsodium stable
Core Metrics
| alkali | holochain_keystore | libsodium-sys-stable | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 74 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 87.7K | 369.3K | 974.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 8.7K | 4.4K | 76.1K |
| Dependents | 7 | 1.8K | 235 |
| Releases | 13 | 289 | 68 |
| Last Updated | 1112d ago | 3d ago | 68d ago |
| Age | 4y 3m | 4y 9m | 6y 6m |
Health Breakdown
alkali
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
holochain_keystore
Maintenance
20
Quality
15
Community
19
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
libsodium-sys-stable
Maintenance
15
Quality
17
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| alkali | holochain_keystore | libsodium-sys-stable | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.6.0 | 1.23.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 24 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 228KB | 32KB | 2.1MB |
| Features | 15 | 5 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.5% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •holochain_keystore leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libsodium-sys-stable has the most downloads (974.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •holochain_keystore is depended on by 1.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ alkali has not been updated in over a year.
- •alkali, holochain_keystore are pre-1.0 — API may change.