Decision Workspace
barnacl vs libsodium-sys-stable vs libsodium-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
barnacl
growingv0.1.1
Fast cryptographic library for Rust (bindings to libsodium)
64
libsodium-sys-stable
stablev1.23.2
Maintained FFI bindings for libsodium stable
48
libsodium-sys
growingv0.2.7
FFI binding to libsodium
Core Metrics
| barnacl | libsodium-sys-stable | libsodium-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 64 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 7.1K | 974.8K | 7.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 23 | 76.1K | 275.5K |
| Dependents | 1 | 235 | 335 |
| Releases | 2 | 68 | 25 |
| Last Updated | 3759d ago | 68d ago | 1737d ago |
| Age | 10y 8m | 6y 6m | 11y |
Health Breakdown
barnacl
Maintenance
3
Quality
12
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
libsodium-sys-stable
Maintenance
15
Quality
17
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
libsodium-sys
Maintenance
5
Quality
11
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
Technical Details
| barnacl | libsodium-sys-stable | libsodium-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 1.23.2 | 0.2.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 2.1MB | 2.1MB | 4.6MB |
| Features | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.5% | 4.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libsodium-sys-stable leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •libsodium-sys has the most downloads (7.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •libsodium-sys is depended on by 335 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ barnacl, libsodium-sys have not been updated in over a year.
- •barnacl, libsodium-sys are pre-1.0 — API may change.