Decision Workspace
arcanum-asymmetric vs ecies vs x25519-dalek
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
arcanum-asymmetric
experimentalv0.1.2
Asymmetric cryptography: RSA, ECIES, key exchange
57
ecies
growingv0.2.10
Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme for secp256k1
76
x25519-dalek
stablev2.0.1
X25519 elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange in pure-Rust, using curve25519-dalek.
Core Metrics
| arcanum-asymmetric | ecies | x25519-dalek | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 57 | 76 |
| Total Downloads | 406 | 341.8K | 43.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 134 | 21.9K | 3.0M |
| Dependents | 9 | 238 | 5.2K |
| Releases | 3 | 17 | 32 |
| Last Updated | 60d ago | 164d ago | 51d ago |
| Age | 2m | 6y 4m | 8y 6m |
Health Breakdown
arcanum-asymmetric
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
ecies
Maintenance
10
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
x25519-dalek
Maintenance
15
Quality
18
Community
20
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| arcanum-asymmetric | ecies | x25519-dalek | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.2.10 | 2.0.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 23 | 25 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 33KB | 37KB | 88KB |
| Features | 7 | 13 | 8 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 15.6% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.89 | 1.65 | 1.60 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •x25519-dalek leads with a health score of 76/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •x25519-dalek is depended on by 5.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •arcanum-asymmetric, ecies are pre-1.0 — API may change.