Decision Workspace
blake2b-rs vs blake2-rfc vs blake2_ce
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
blake2b-rs
growingv0.2.0
Rust bindings for the official Blake2b C implementation
51
blake2-rfc
growingv0.2.18
A pure Rust implementation of BLAKE2 based on RFC 7693.
50
blake2_ce
growingv0.10.6
BLAKE2 hash functions
Core Metrics
| blake2b-rs | blake2-rfc | blake2_ce | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 51 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 887.6K | 11.8M | 390.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 46.5K | 516.9K | 11.1K |
| Dependents | 252 | 1.2K | 1 |
| Releases | 7 | 20 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 2072d ago | 3045d ago | 632d ago |
| Age | 7y | 10y 10m | 1y 8m |
Health Breakdown
blake2b-rs
Maintenance
3
Quality
9
Community
16
Popularity
7
Documentation
6
blake2-rfc
Maintenance
4
Quality
14
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
11
blake2_ce
Maintenance
1
Quality
18
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| blake2b-rs | blake2-rfc | blake2_ce | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.2.18 | 0.10.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 16KB | 16KB | 47KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 14.3% | 5.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | — | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 3 | 1 | 3 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •blake2-rfc leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •blake2-rfc is depended on by 1.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ blake2b-rs, blake2-rfc, blake2_ce have not been updated in over a year.