Decision Workspace
argonautica vs just-argon2 vs argonautica-c
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
argonautica
growingv0.2.0
Idiomatic Argon2 password hashing for Rust
46
just-argon2
growingv1.2.0
Bindings to the argon2 C library.
40
argonautica-c
growingv0.2.0
C/C++ wrapper for argonautica
Core Metrics
| argonautica | just-argon2 | argonautica-c | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 46 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 175.6K | 7.0K | 9.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 2.3K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 81 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 2638d ago | 2528d ago | 2638d ago |
| Age | 7y 11m | 6y 11m | 7y 11m |
Health Breakdown
argonautica
Maintenance
3
Quality
12
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
just-argon2
Maintenance
3
Quality
20
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
argonautica-c
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| argonautica | just-argon2 | argonautica-c | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 1.2.0 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 25 | 2 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 1.9MB | 54KB | 14KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2018 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •just-argon2 leads with a health score of 46/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •argonautica has the most downloads (175.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ argonautica, just-argon2, argonautica-c have not been updated in over a year.
- •argonautica, argonautica-c are pre-1.0 — API may change.